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The 50 greatest moments in sports ever televised are ranked based on their memorability. Among these sporting moments are the U.S. hockey team defeating the Soviets in 1980, Kerri Strug's courageous 1996 Olympic vault, and Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception in 1972.

The Man in the Middle on the V-Chip Jack Valenti has been at the center of the action in Washington since Lyndon Johnson brought him back from Dallas on Air [...]

FCC orders new investigation of foreign ownership complete with gag order; NBC keeps up the pressure on 'special advantages'; Fox charges 'blatant' intervention The FCC last week escalated its investigation [...]

Four fantasy basketball teams, which might have a chance of defeating the world champion Chicago Bulls, are selected. For example, an all-star team consisting of Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Glen Rice, John Stockton, and Mitch Richmond might exploit the Bulls' weaknesses.

President Clinton's public endorsement of the V-chip last week gave the proposed electronic blocking device the kind of political momentum that might prove irresistible. 'I would say when that telecommunications [...]

'TV-telcos' want opportunity to be regulated as cable operators Bell Atlantic has told the FCC that telephone companies which own both television programing and the wire to distribute it should [...]

Hawaiian Shirt Day probably was not what Senator Robert Dole had in mind when he gave his political blessing to Rachelle Chong's nomination for the Republican vacancy on the FCC. [...]

Big-name advertisers and agencies are the newest broadcast time buyers for long-form commercials, a $400 million-a-year--and growing--business for broadcasting and cable A new informercial has been striking fear in the [...]

You've said you'll use this deal to distribute software around the world, but you already do that through Viacom. What does Paramount add to the equation? What is exciting to [...]

One is primarily cable networks. The other, entertainment production and syndication. One has cable systems and radio stations. The other has home video, books and theme parks. Those dovetailing differences [...]

WASHINGTON The CBS/Viacom merger shook the board of the National Assn. of Broadcasters last week when longtime Eye rep Martin Franks gave up his seat to Viacom's top D.C. lobbyist [...]

NEW ORLEANS In the wake of the recent struggle between Disney and Time Warner, 'a specter of distrust' hangs over the cable industry, FCC chairman Bill Kennard warned last week. [...]

WASHINGTON-Two senators have introduced a bill that would ban videogames, home video, movies and music unless there is an agreement to implement a, one-size-fits-all rating code. The 'uniform rating system' [...]

The FCC blessed the Viacom/ CBS merger last week, provided the new company, called Viacom, sells off a handful of TV stations and the UPN television network within a year [...]

WASHINGTON It took Time Warner just 36 hours to do more harm to its planned merger with America Online than corporate rivals and consumer advocates have been able to inflict [...]

WASHINGTON Consumer advocates said they were generally pleased with an FCC staff recommendation that would give AT&T approval for its planned acquisition of MediaOne on the condition that it spin [...]

WASHINGTON Consumer groups have united to formally demand the FCC reject the America Online/Time Warner combination unless the merged company agrees to sever all corporate ties to AT&T. The Consumer [...]

Rupert Murdoch, satellites and a giant automaker were all the buzz last week when rumors surfaced that News Corp. has talked about buying General Motors in order to gets its [...]

WASHINGTON NBC formally resigned from the National Assn. of Broadcasters last week while accusing the trade org of refusing to push for deregulation of an industry that faces competitive threats […]

U.S. House Commerce Committee chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) announced last week that he will not run for re-election, tightening the race for the chairmanship of the Telecommunications Subcommittee, which has […]

WASHINGTON ICraveTV.com, which allowed Web surfers to watch TV stations via the Internet, has reached settlements in the U.S. and Canada that have effectively put it out of business. Under [...]

WASHINGTON Time Warner chairman and CEO Gerald Levin made a promise last week that many worthy will be almost impossible for him to keep. Testifying in front of the Senate [...]

WASHINGITON -- TV manufacturers reached an agreement last week they say will allow consumers finally to hook up their expensive digital television sets for cable service. But broadcasters were quick [...]

WASHINGTON Deep-pocketed Hollywood honchos line up to shake hands and write checks whenever a presidential candidate comes to town. But aside from a shot at spending the night in the […]

WASHINGTON A coalition of Internet service providers scored a victory in Broward County, Fla., last week as a judge threw out most elements of Comcast's challenge to a rule requiring [...]

WASHINGTON The budget President Clinton submitted to Congress last week proposes a $200 million annual 'lease fee' for analog frequencies that broadcasters have been using free for the past 50 [...]

WASHINGTON The FCC has unanimously rejected Sinclair Broadcasting's controversial effort to force the entire television industry -- from set-makers to TV stations -- to reconsider the two-year-old technical standard for [...]

WASHINGTON Toppers at all seven major studios are banding together to clear the way for widespread distribution of U.S. features in China. The China Trade Relations Committee includes moguls such [...]

Renewed talk of a uniform entertainment rating system--this time from the White House--was received coolly by entertainment industry leaders, who maintain that their respective, voluntary rating systems would be nearly [...]

It's put up or shut up time in the battle between Viacom and Chris-Craft over control of UPN. In a stunning move last week, Viacom offered up a plan to […]

President Clinton's proposal that the film, television, music and video industries implement a single content code to help parents screen sex and violence in popular culture is dead on arrival, […]

NEW ORLEANS A feisty Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) accused the networks Jan. 24 of 'selling out the First Amendment' and the FCC of being a hotbed of corruption. Tauzin's ire [...]

A quite little legal war has erupted between copyright owners and a growing number of companies and individuals who have found creative ways to frustrate efforts by media conglomerates to [...]

WASHINGTON Between Pokeman, Teletubbies and Rugrats, children's programming has become one of the hottest niches in television, but some public interest advocates are becoming increasingly concerned about what they see [...]

WASHINGTON The major networks are looking to Washington in 2000 hoping the FCC will allow them to buy more stations and even pave the way for consolidation among webs. When [...]

WASHINGTON The National Assn. of Broadcasters pushed NBC one step closer toward the door last week when the broadcast station trade org refused to support an increase in the number [...]

In the name of saving a bundle by not having to air as many anti-drug public service ads, the networks may have lost some credibility. Caught with their plotlines in [...]

WASHINGTON Presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.) is getting a lot of attention this week for the help he gave Paxson Communications in the purchase of a public TV station, but [...]

WASHINGTON Broadcasters had hoped that their new digital airwaves would provide them with an exciting product to offer in the ongoing competition with cable, but so far, consumers seem to [...]

WASHINGTON It looks like NBC is about to follow Fox's lead and head for the exit at the National Assn. of Broadcasters. And now Washington is waiting to see who [...]

HOLLYWOOD Once again, the Federal Communications Commission is struggling with broadcasters over whether the industry has an obligation to compensate the public for the billions of dollars' worth of airwaves [...]