In 2020 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revisited a spectrum allocation decision it made in 1999. The Agency found that frequencies set aside for specific technologies used by vehicles - Intelligent Transportation Services (ITS) - had been left largely unused. It crafted new rules,...

Year-end 2006 is scheduled as the date when 1,500 TV stations cease analog broadcasts, continuing in digital format only. Yet, according to a safeguard provision, analog stations will remain in any TV market where fewer than 85 percent of households are equipped to receive digital transmissions...

This brief explains amici's understanding of the relevant economic analysis. It explains why basic economic principles underlying the analysis of multi-sided markets lead to the conclusion that a plaintiff should be required to demonstrate, at a minimum, that: (1) the allegedly unlawful...

Are U.S. digital markets advancing, or threatening, the American economy? There is keen interest in the answer to this question. Sweeping changes have disrupted society courtesy of the Information Revolution, presenting great opportunities in radically transformed economic markets but also great...

Traditionally, municipal cable TV franchises were advanced as consumer protection to counter natural monopoly video providers. Yet historical evidence has demonstrated that franchise regulation - fraught with conflicts and delays, while ultimately proving ineffective in constraining rates -...