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As live sports content continues what many see as an inexorable move to streaming, traditional pay TV is left in an increasingly tighter spot and the future of such deals is in limbo, media and sports industry experts tell us. The future of sports league and team deals with broadcasters is seen as more stable. House Communications Subcommittee members at a Wednesday hearing repeatedly highlighted sports programming's move from traditional pay TV to streaming services, at times expressing frustration with rising prices and fragmented access to games.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, CongresswomanDoris Matsui (CA-07),Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, released new, updated state-by-state data from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on theSecure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (SCRP).
US lawmakers say they’re fighting back against the rise of artificial intelligence-powered scams and fraud with new legislation to overhaul the nation’s robocall rules.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, CongresswomanDoris Matsui (CA-07),Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, introduced the Stop Scams and Spam Act, legislation that would direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop a tracking system to monitor and publish the top 100 illegal robocall and robotext campaigns.
The FCC will continue updating Congress about the affordable connectivity program's status in hopes of convincing lawmakers for money to keep it running, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told reporters Thursday after the commissioners’ open meeting (see 2401250064). The FCC expects the initiative will exhaust its $14.2 billion allocation in April. The Wireline Bureau said earlier this month it would freeze new enrollments Feb. 8 as part of the program's wind-down process (see 2401110072).
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is considering attaching an amendment to a pending national security supplemental spending bill that would allocate $3.08 billion to fully fund the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program, communications officials and lobbyists said in interviews. Telecom-focused lawmakers are still eyeing FY 2024 appropriations bills as vehicles for allocating rip-and-replace money, and some are pushing to keep using a spectrum legislative package to pay for it.
The Sacramento Native American Health Center got a gift of federal funds to pay for its expansion on Florin Road.
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui announced she had secured $1 million in funding for the health center, which opened in May, in last year’s government funding package.
SACRAMENTO, CA – An infusion of $1,000,000 in funds is headed to the Sacramento Native American Health Center’s (SNAHC) Florin Road expansion thanks to federal funding secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07). She announced the funding this morning alongside local leaders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model to improve the overall quality of care and outcomes for adults with mental health conditions and/or substance use disorder.
NTIA’s administration of the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (Wireless Innovation Fund) drew criticism from some House Communications Subcommittee Republicans during a Thursday hearing over concerns the agency was slow to use it to aid development of U.S. open radio access networks (see 2401160068). Subpanel Democrats conversely eyed whether Congress should allocate additional funding to the NTIA initiative for ORAN use.