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Univision launches bilingual digital network service

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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November 2 2012

Spanish language broadcaster Univision extended its reach to smart phone users on Monday with the debut of UVideos, a new digital network service that will provide more than 1,500 hours of long-form programming and 200 short video clips free of charge to users through a downloadable mobile application

McDowell questions impact of net neutrality rules on internet economy

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 26 2012

At an event sponsored by the Free State Foundation, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell questioned recent FCC assertions that the agency’s net neutrality rules have stimulated economic investment, as he pointed to statistics showing that telecom-related capital expenditures remained flat between 2010 and 2011

OECD report calls for “bright line” between governance models for legacy networks and internet

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 26 2012

A report issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development touts the success of the current multi-stakeholder model for governing Internet access and the exchange of traffic across web networks as it calls on regulators worldwide to draw a “bright line” between that model and traditional pricing models for legacy landline networks

Democratic, Republican Party platforms emphasize Internet freedom

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 7 2012

Platforms adopted by Democrats and Republicans at their parties’ national conventions over the past weeks differed sharply on social, economic, and other key issues but found common ground on the preservation of Internet freedom as a means of promoting economic growth and technological innovation

Groups protest AT&T plan to link use of video chat app to mobile data

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 24 2012

AT&T’s plan to limit on-network usage of Apple’s FaceTime video chat application to purchasers of AT&T’s Mobile Share data plan has provoked the ire of two public interest groups that have assailed AT&T’s policy as a violation of the FCC’s net neutrality rules

Dyle mobile TV service debuts on MetroPCS network

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 18 2012

MetroPCS, the nation’s fifth largest wireless carrier, launched live mobile digital television services earlier this month with the introduction of the first smart phone in the U.S. to receive local broadcasts in conjunction with the Dyle TV initiative

Court dismisses Hulu challenge against VPAA class action suit

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 18 2012

Hulu was dealt a legal defeat last week by a U.S. district court, which rejected the online video streaming provider’s motion for dismissal of a class action lawsuit that accuses Hulu of violations of the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPAA

Verizon Wireless pays $1.25 million to settle FCC probe into app blocking

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 3 2012

As part of a consent decree announced on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $1.25 million to the U.S. Treasury to terminate an FCC investigation into allegations that Verizon had sought to block access to certain Google mobile applications that permit users to tether devices to the Verizon network free of charge

FCC spotlights online video distributors in MVPD market report

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 27 2012

In its latest report to Congress on the state of the U.S. multichannel video program distribution (MVPD) sector, the FCC examined the impact of online video distributors (OVDs) for the first time

House Committee adopts resolution on Internet governance

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 22 2012

On Wednesday, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee adopted unanimously a resolution, sponsored by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), that urges the Obama Administration, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the United Nations (UN) to “preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.”

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