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...language, pornography, etc. please write to Mr. Michael Powell, head of the FCC. Mention the program, and content, and your thoughts about it. His address is Mr. Michael Powell, Federal Communication Commission, 445 12th S...

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...FCC (Federal Communication Commission) meeting coming up June 2? This meeting, under the leadership of Chairman Michael Powell, appointed by the Bush (Special Favors Act) -- yes; Secretary of State's 32-year-old son wants to repeal...

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Overheard

...most celebrated events, they were rudely greeted with a halftime show stunt more fitting of a burlesque show." --Michael Powell, FCC chairman, as the agency fined CBS for the Janet Jackson incident.

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The new communications boss

...the incoming chairman of the Federal Communications Commission would score near the top of the class. Last week Michael Powell, son of Secretary of State Colin Powell, gave an hour-long press conference about his new responsibilities and...

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Opinion
Federal regulators look at drafting new rules for media ownership

...begin reviewing a half-dozen rules to make them more consistent and able to survive legal challenges. FCC Chairman Michael Powell called the examination "the most comprehensive undertaking in the area of media ownership in the commission's history...

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Move to restrict viewer recording rights could further slow digital TV

...hard-wired to protect copyrighted films and TV programs. Last week, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell urged broadcasters, programmers and TV makers to voluntarily take steps to speed the transition from analog to digital...

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Tech
Execs of troubled telecom companies feel Senate heat

...This strikes many American citizens as patently criminal," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told FCC Chairman Michael Powell at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee. McCain cited, for example, big telecom company Global Crossing's...

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Broadband over power lines?

...plug, it "could simply blow the doors off the provision of broadband," Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell said last month. For competition's sake, "absolutely, we would applaud it," says Edmond Thomas, chief of...

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Tech
Digital tuners required on TVs

...will take these electronic appliances from being HDTV (High Definition Television) ready to HDTV reality," said Michael Powell, the commission's chairman. Powell rejected industry complaints that the action would force consumers to pay more...

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FCC approves $29.2 billion Comcast-AT&T merger

...Warner Inc. "The benefits of this transaction are considerable, the potential harms negligible," FCC Chairman Michael Powell said. Following the FCC announcement, the Justice Department's antitrust division said it wouldn't challenge...

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