http://www.bloggingbroadband.com Resources, News & Commentary on cable and broadband regulation Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:40:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Associated Press has reported that the FCC has launched a probe into cable's recent price increases.  Separately, the Commission will also look into whether the cable industry has used the upcoming digital TV transition to confuse customers and sell more digital packages. Letters have been sent to cable operators by ... http://www.bloggingbroadband.com/?p=155 It's that time of the year again . . . well, hold on -- no it's not. But it seems that Comcast is hiking prices anyway. Cable operators often wait until after the holiday season to increase rates -- that way, current customers are less likely to put a ... http://www.bloggingbroadband.com/?p=154 AT&T recently announced the rollout of its U-Verse product in new markets in Michigan and Ohio. The company also announced new service features that cable can't yet match. In Michigan, U-Verse is now available in parts of 30 communities around the Saginaw, Flint and Midland areas. No mention was ... http://www.bloggingbroadband.com/?p=153 As previously reported in BloggingBROADBAND, the City of Saline, Michigan recently sued Comcast over the payment of fees to support public, educational and government access programming. Under the provisions of Michigan's new Uniform Video Services Local Franchising Act, a video service provider is to pay a franchising entity up ... http://www.bloggingbroadband.com/?p=152 On October 3, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts ruled that certain portions of a Complaint filed against Comcast over the company's plan to move PEG channels to the 900 - range of its lineup must survive Comcast's Motion to Dismiss. As a consequence, the federal ... http://www.bloggingbroadband.com/?p=150