Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO, and Harold Feld, Senior Vice President of Media Access Project, issued the following statement regarding the FCC’s decision on cable leased access and “70/70:”
bq. “At the end of the day, literally and figuratively, the cable industry’s mighty lobbying machine could not entirely stop Chairman Martin’s commendable effort to introduce [...]

Harold Feld, Senior Vice President of the Media Access Project, issued the following statement in response to Verizon’s open platform announcement:
bq. “This is surely a step in the right direction, but its shortcomings underscore the need for regulations to guarantee Americans the same rights on wireless networks that they have on landlines. Without the certainty [...]

Media Access Project filed a letter on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition demanding that the FCC recognize that the Congressional “70/70″ measurement of cable market power has been met. The excessive power of cable operators [...]

Last night the Federal Communications Commission adopted measures that: (1) could allow for more low power FM radio stations to enter the market and (2) save LPFM stations that are threatened from being knocked off the air by a full power station. Parul Desai, Associate Director of Media Access Project, issued the following statement in [...]

Harold Feld, Senior Vice President of the Media Access Project, issued the following statement in response the to FCC’s release last night of an Order with regard to the upcoming 700 MHz auction modifying the designated entity (DE) credit rules to permit DEs to offer more than 51% of capacity for leasing for the D [...]

In a letter to Commissioners Deborah Taylor Tate and Robert M. McDowell, MAP responded to claims by the NCTA of the arbitrariness of data indicating that cable penetration has reached the 70/70 threshold. NCTA and the cable industry have consistently withheld subscriber data, leading industry publishers such as Warren, Kagan, and Nielsen to underreport the [...]

“When Competition Doesn’t Quite Cut It”:
http://www.mediaaccess.org/news/2007%20News/1105HFB&C.pdf

*Broadcasting & Cable* Harold Feld: November 5, 2007.

Responding to Comcast’s blocking of Internet traffic, members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition and Internet scholars at the nation’s top law schools today filed a petition and complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. MAP Senior Vice President, Harold Feld had the following comment:
bq.  ”Last year, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and opponents of Net Neutrality told Congress [...]