The following  decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit was released today

MAP’s  comments in reply to the FCC’s NPRM regarding retransmission can be viewed here

The following is the Reply  in the applications for assignment of control of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Mobility.  Read the full Reply

In the matter of Amendment of the Commission’s ExParte Rules and other Procedural Rules, Media Access Project responds with the following comments.

The following is the Petition to Deny the applications for assignment of control of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Mobility.  Media Access Project filed the petition on May 31, 2011 with the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of the Center for Media Justice, Consumers Union, New America [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2011
Contacts:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman            Chrystiane Pereira
202-454-5681                                   202 454-5683
andys@mediaaccess.org              cpereira@mediaaccess.org
The following is the text of the summary of the Petition to Deny the applications for assignment of control of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Mobility.  Media Access Project will file the petition on May [...]

March 11, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Kamilla Kovacs, Media Access Project
571.426.0466
press@mediaaccess.org
Karlos Gauna Schmieder, Center for Media Justice
510.698.3800 x402
karlos@centerformediajustice.org
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Media Access Project (MAP) filed reply comments, on behalf of member organizations of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), regarding the FCC’s proposal to reform the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline and Link Up [...]

March 22, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kamilla Kovacs
202.454.5685
press@mediaaccess.org
WASHINGTON – Media Access Project (MAP) today asked the Federal Communications Commission to amend and strengthen its rules to require on-air identification of persons paying for political commercials or other messages on controversial issues.
MAP’s Petition for Rulemaking asks the FCC to use existing statutory authority to [...]

March 11, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kamilla Kovacs
202.454.5685
press@mediaaccess.org
WASHINGTON – Media Access Project (MAP) today joined with Free Press, Public Knowledge, Consumers Union, and the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative, in filing at the Federal Communications Commission a petition to deny AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Qualcomm licenses in the 700 MHz band. If approved, the transaction [...]

Media Access Project and other members of the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition submitted comments to the FCC today, asking the agency to create a more complete inventory of spectrum use. The organizations also asked the Commission to open unused or underutilized spectrum bands to “opportunistic access” on terms that protect incumbent broadcasters from interference.
Read the [...]