On August 19th, Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumers Union filed Reply to Opposition to Petition to Deny Comcast/NBCU Transaction.
You can find the full brief here: http://www.mediaaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/ReplyOppositiontoPetitiontoDenyComcastNBCUtransaction.pdf

Media Access Project, Georgetown University’s Institute for Public Representation, and Free Press filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit today in response to broadcasters’ statutory and constitutional challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to retain its local television ownership and newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rules.
The brief also describes a number [...]

Media Access Project (MAP) filed reply comments on August 12th, together with the Center for Media Justice, Consumers Union, and the New America Foundation, in the Federal Communications Commission’s “broadband framework” docket.  The proceeding will determine whether or not the FCC has direct authority to regulate broadband Internet connectivity providers – to protect customers of [...]

WASHINGTON — Media Access Project (MAP) filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission today on behalf of the Media Action Grassroots Network (“MAG-Net”). MAP and MAG-Net urged the Commission to make access to broadband and mobile services more affordable for low-income individuals, while maintaining support for basic voice services subsidized via the Lifeline and Link-Up [...]

WASHINGTON – Media Access Project (MAP) filed two sets of comments with the Federal Communications Commission today urging the agency to classify wireline and wireless broadband as telecommunications services. This classification will provide sound authority for the Commission to bring affordable broadband to communities across the country and to protect Internet users. In the filings, [...]

CHICAGO – Media Access Project (MAP) President Tyrone Brown will testify at the Federal Communications Commission’s public hearing today to express MAP’s opposition to Comcast’s proposed acquisition of NBC Universal. Brown will focus on the adverse impact of the merger on diversity of programming sources and its negative effect on the public.
In his testimony, Mr. [...]

Anti-Competitive Impact Runs Wide and Deep
WASHINGTON – On Monday, Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumers Union and the Consumer [...]

A coalition of public interest organizations sent letters to the chairmen of the House and Senate Commerce Committees and Subcommittees today, applauding their efforts to begin a process to consider reforming the Communications Act.
The groups also expressed support for FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposal to reaffirm the FCC’s authority to oversee Internet access.
Read the letter [...]

In comments to be submitted to the Federal Communications Commission today, Media Access Project (MAP) supported proposed reforms to the Commission’s retransmission consent rules – the regulations that govern negotiations between broadcasters and entities that retransmit broadcast signals, such as cable operators, satellite providers, and telco video services such as FiOS.
In the filing, MAP asked [...]

WASHINGTON — Media Access Project (MAP), the Institute for Public Representation (IPR), and a coalition of public interest organizations including Free Press filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today, stating that the Federal Communications Commission’s 2008 decision to significantly weaken its media ownership rules was unreasonable and against [...]