http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/465262-Dems_To_Re_Offer_Amendments_to_Net_Neutrality_Resolution.php
It looks like the Democrats will once again try to amend the Republican's resolution of disapproval invalidating the FCC's network neutrality rules.
The resolution passed in the Communications Subcommittee last week. Although amendments are not germane to such resolutions, Democrats offered up a half dozen to illustrate the important Internet issues they thought the resolution would prevent the FCC from dealing with, including Web site blocking, emergency communications, fraud, child porn, and privacy.
For example, one amendment stipulates that the FCC regs would go into effect as planned "if the Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, determines that the failure of such rule to take effect would result in the loss of 1000 or more jobs." Dems argue the resolution would be a job-killer.
According to a list of the amendments for Tuesday's full House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing, the same amendments will be offered once again. If past is prologue, Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) will rule that each is not germane following their introduction, after which the resolution will be voted on.
Next stop will be the House floor, though it will almost certainly be stopped in the Democratically controlled Senate.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
ISPs to outline stance on net neutrality
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/09/isps-outline-stance-net-neutrality
BT, Sky and Virgin Media to explain 'two-speed internet' policies at summit on net neutrality
BT, Sky and Virgin Media – along with the rest of Britain's leading internet service providers – will next week outline an industry-wide "code of practice" on how they explain controversial "two-speed internet" policies to customers.
The group will make their announcement at a ministerial summit on net neutrality chaired by culture minister Ed Vaizey – which will also be attended by Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the web and a strong supporter of net neutrality – on 16 March.
The ISPs plan to publish how they manage internet traffic – such as video viewing, music streaming and movie downloading – in comparison to their rivals. That will make clear if they throttle popular services such as the BBC's iPlayer to maintain capacity for all customers on their network.
However, the companies – whose ranks also include the leading mobile operators – will not commit to a minimum service standard, even though some phone companies believe that "there should be a basic commitment to let people browse everything on the internet".
The agreement follows a wide-ranging debate on "net neutrality" – whether ISPs should be allowed to charge content companies such as the BBC or Google for faster delivery to the nation's homes.
BT, TalkTalk and others argue that ISPs should be free to strike deals for more efficient delivery.
Under the plans, described as a "voluntary code of conduct" by people at the meeting, ISPs will be compelled to publish a "scorecard" of how they speed up and slow down traffic and for which companies. But internet providers will still be allowed to throttle public access to video and peer-to-peer services if they wish.
The Broadband Stakeholders Group, which has been facilitating meetings with ISPs on traffic management since late last year, will publish a statement shortly after the meeting. ISPs hope the move will head off an enforced code of practice by the communications regulator Ofcom.
Most ISPs manage traffic at peak times to enable faster speeds for their customers. The BBC has been in fights with ISPs over the amount of bandwidth used to stream its iPlayer service.
In November, the corporation said it would introduce a "traffic light system" on the iPlayer, so that viewers could say whether their connection was being slowed down by providers.
Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, publicly intervened in the net neutrality debate in January, saying an internet "fast lane" could undermine the corporation's responsibility to deliver programming to the nation's homes.
"As the web becomes a vehicle for the transport of richer and richer content, the question of whether all content from all providers is treated equally by the networks becomes ever sharper," he said.
BT, Sky and Virgin Media to explain 'two-speed internet' policies at summit on net neutrality
BT, Sky and Virgin Media – along with the rest of Britain's leading internet service providers – will next week outline an industry-wide "code of practice" on how they explain controversial "two-speed internet" policies to customers.
The group will make their announcement at a ministerial summit on net neutrality chaired by culture minister Ed Vaizey – which will also be attended by Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the web and a strong supporter of net neutrality – on 16 March.
The ISPs plan to publish how they manage internet traffic – such as video viewing, music streaming and movie downloading – in comparison to their rivals. That will make clear if they throttle popular services such as the BBC's iPlayer to maintain capacity for all customers on their network.
However, the companies – whose ranks also include the leading mobile operators – will not commit to a minimum service standard, even though some phone companies believe that "there should be a basic commitment to let people browse everything on the internet".
The agreement follows a wide-ranging debate on "net neutrality" – whether ISPs should be allowed to charge content companies such as the BBC or Google for faster delivery to the nation's homes.
BT, TalkTalk and others argue that ISPs should be free to strike deals for more efficient delivery.
Under the plans, described as a "voluntary code of conduct" by people at the meeting, ISPs will be compelled to publish a "scorecard" of how they speed up and slow down traffic and for which companies. But internet providers will still be allowed to throttle public access to video and peer-to-peer services if they wish.
The Broadband Stakeholders Group, which has been facilitating meetings with ISPs on traffic management since late last year, will publish a statement shortly after the meeting. ISPs hope the move will head off an enforced code of practice by the communications regulator Ofcom.
Most ISPs manage traffic at peak times to enable faster speeds for their customers. The BBC has been in fights with ISPs over the amount of bandwidth used to stream its iPlayer service.
In November, the corporation said it would introduce a "traffic light system" on the iPlayer, so that viewers could say whether their connection was being slowed down by providers.
Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, publicly intervened in the net neutrality debate in January, saying an internet "fast lane" could undermine the corporation's responsibility to deliver programming to the nation's homes.
"As the web becomes a vehicle for the transport of richer and richer content, the question of whether all content from all providers is treated equally by the networks becomes ever sharper," he said.
Net neutrality should be law, says media tycoon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sxsw/8382431/Net-neutrality-should-be-law-says-media-tycoon.html
Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC, which owns a host of internet companies, including Ask.com, Vimeo and The Daily Beast, has called for net neutrality to be enshrined in US law.
Speaking at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, Diller said: “We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.”
Diller said that without net neutrality, which guarantees that all internet traffic will be treated equally, regardless of its type, a small number of companies would be able to hold consumers “to ransom”.
He said that internet access should be a utility, like electricity, and that service providers demands to be allowed to charge different amounts for different types of traffic was like “asking the toaster to pay for the electricity”.
Diller, whose impressive career has included stints as CEO of ABC, Paramount Pictures and Fox, has been involved in the internet since 2000 said: “The internet is a miracle. It shouldn’t have happened [...] You push a button and you publish to the world.”
He said attempts to limit net neutrality were an attack on that freedom.
Earlier in the day by Al Franken, the Democrat senator for Minnesota, made his own call for net neutrality. He warned the SXSW audience: “Every policy maker in Washington is hearing much more from the anti-net neutrality side than the side without lobbyists. But everyone has more to fear from these big corporations that from us.”
He added: “There is nothing more motivated than a corporation that thinks it is leaving money on the table.”
Diller echoed those views, saying that he had asked a cable company executive why he was against net neutrality, despite the inherent fairness of treating all traffic equally. The executive, who Diller did not name, told him: “Fairness has nothing to do with it. We get all the money right now. We don’t want anyone else to get the money and that’s why we’re against net neutrality.”
In Britain, the Government has refused to back net neutrality but Ed Vaizey, the Communications Minister, told the Telegraph last year that his priority was “an open internet”. He said: “Should the internet develop in a way that was detrimental to consumer interests we would seek to intervene.”
Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC, which owns a host of internet companies, including Ask.com, Vimeo and The Daily Beast, has called for net neutrality to be enshrined in US law.
Speaking at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, Diller said: “We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.”
Diller said that without net neutrality, which guarantees that all internet traffic will be treated equally, regardless of its type, a small number of companies would be able to hold consumers “to ransom”.
He said that internet access should be a utility, like electricity, and that service providers demands to be allowed to charge different amounts for different types of traffic was like “asking the toaster to pay for the electricity”.
Diller, whose impressive career has included stints as CEO of ABC, Paramount Pictures and Fox, has been involved in the internet since 2000 said: “The internet is a miracle. It shouldn’t have happened [...] You push a button and you publish to the world.”
He said attempts to limit net neutrality were an attack on that freedom.
Earlier in the day by Al Franken, the Democrat senator for Minnesota, made his own call for net neutrality. He warned the SXSW audience: “Every policy maker in Washington is hearing much more from the anti-net neutrality side than the side without lobbyists. But everyone has more to fear from these big corporations that from us.”
He added: “There is nothing more motivated than a corporation that thinks it is leaving money on the table.”
Diller echoed those views, saying that he had asked a cable company executive why he was against net neutrality, despite the inherent fairness of treating all traffic equally. The executive, who Diller did not name, told him: “Fairness has nothing to do with it. We get all the money right now. We don’t want anyone else to get the money and that’s why we’re against net neutrality.”
In Britain, the Government has refused to back net neutrality but Ed Vaizey, the Communications Minister, told the Telegraph last year that his priority was “an open internet”. He said: “Should the internet develop in a way that was detrimental to consumer interests we would seek to intervene.”
Net Neutrality
Net neeutrality is a principle proposed for users' access to networks participating in the Internet. The principle advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers and governments on content, sites, platforms, the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and the modes of communication.
The principle states that if a given user pays for a certain level of Internet access, and another user pays for the same level of access, then the two users should be able to connect to each other at the subscribed level of access.
The principle states that if a given user pays for a certain level of Internet access, and another user pays for the same level of access, then the two users should be able to connect to each other at the subscribed level of access.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Monday, 21 February 2011
The mutualisation of news
1. Consumers are now becoming journalists, as they produce their own media.
2. Internet sites such as 'twitter' have enabled this revolutions to take place.
3. Consumers contact the producers- provide information etc.
useful quotes
"By continuing to go down this route, we will be more diverse, and genuinely more plural than other media organisations"
"The investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstrations in London was an excellent example of linking traditional journalism with information from the public"
2. Internet sites such as 'twitter' have enabled this revolutions to take place.
3. Consumers contact the producers- provide information etc.
useful quotes
"By continuing to go down this route, we will be more diverse, and genuinely more plural than other media organisations"
"The investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstrations in London was an excellent example of linking traditional journalism with information from the public"
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
the impact of new and digital media case study
hegemony
"the last colony in the British empire"
freeth 1985:27
"social life, nothing is fixed, rigid or definitive. and nothing will be"
antonio gramski
marxism
"capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth"
'marxism and media studies'
1891- mike wayne
capital imperialism
"western nations dominate the media around the world which in return effects on the third world culture imposing their western views and therefore destroying native culture"
'communication and cultural domination'
herb schiller
globalisation
"media globalisation is tightly interweaven with world economy and market forces"
'children, young and the media globalisation'
cecilia feilitzen and ulla carlsson
post colonialism
"cultural studies must specialism but also actively from and resist the tyranny of the specialists"
'outside in the teaching machine'
spivak
cultural imperialism
"the Americanisation of world culture so often commented on and often deplored might be better described as the discovery of what world culture tastes actually are"
political economy on media
"a political economy of the new media insists on examination of the circumstances that give rise to any given distribution of power and of the consequences consumers and and citizens"
'robin mansell LSE,2004
convergence
"established companies will find in convergence and opportunity to operate more efficiently, increase returns on technology investments and realise other business benefits"
'opportunities and challenges'
stellios papadakis
one
i am an interested politics and media student wanting to focus on the Democratic side of media. this will include UGC, for example, YouTube videos, news blogs and interaction via consumers to the producers.
1.rodney king video - emedia - 3/3/1991
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DROn_9302UHg
2. BBC news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
3. sky news
news.sky.com/
main theorists to focus on:
1. david gauntlett - digital media
2. theodor adorno - socialist
3. alvarado - politics
BBC:
public service broadcaster
operates under Royal charter
funded by television license fee
chairman- sir michael lyons
director- mark thompson
methods used:
1. yourpics@bbc.co.uk
2. text- 61124
3. various international numbers
sky:
owned by Rupert Murdoch
operating since 1989
bskyb owned
internationally accessible
widened his company (increase producers)
methods used:
1. news@sky.com
2. newsonline@bskyb.com
3. skynewsinternational.com/carry/
- Internet has enabled companies to broaden their audiences
- these audiences have now the ability to interact directly with the channels
- consumers are now producers
- 'send in media'
two
- more consumers
- producers are now asking for the consumers to 'send in' media. this may include photos, stories and videos
- technological advances have made it more accessible ( as its cheaper) for most consumers to buy cameras, phones, other technological advances to share their productions.
S
more UGC
more journalists
H
decline in newspapers
more Internet news
more technology
E
license fees (tax)
earn money through your Media (you've been framed)
P
more democratic (everyone has a voice)
captures live events (sell these for money) or (distribute worldwide e.g. 9/11 attacks)
four
- larger audience
- cheaper technology
- news affects all
- all demographics are affected by news
- e.g. newsround for children below the age of 12
- ratings have increased as the political and economic lifestyle of the uk has changed. the uk has been foreced to adapt to this e.g. recession and now all consumers can access blogs and have their own views on the government, people and personalities.
five
bbc news website-->> 12+ 15+ 18+ newsround academic news
sky contact us website-->> 15+ 18+ academic news
six
- consumers have joined websites such as 'www.youtube.com'- now produce media
- youtube found in feb 2005
- available in 34 languages
- viacom regulated
- blocked in: china
morrocco
thailand
iran
pakistan
turkey
libya
.....
additional notes
2010 tution fees protest
-facebook enabled youths to interact with one and other and this in turn hlped stage the protests accross the uk and schools
uk uncut pressure groups
- protest against corporate tax evaders. the public staged protests by sitting inside stores e.g. vodafone, and then read books (not commiting any crimes) and effectively stopped people shopping there.
closing date 30/1/2011
targets include:
tesco
boots
philip green (topshop, burton, etc...)
vodafone
examples:
- philip green avioded £285 million in tax. this could pay for upto 20 000 nurses and 32, 000 students at £9000 per term fees.
"the last colony in the British empire"
freeth 1985:27
"social life, nothing is fixed, rigid or definitive. and nothing will be"
antonio gramski
marxism
"capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth"
'marxism and media studies'
1891- mike wayne
capital imperialism
"western nations dominate the media around the world which in return effects on the third world culture imposing their western views and therefore destroying native culture"
'communication and cultural domination'
herb schiller
globalisation
"media globalisation is tightly interweaven with world economy and market forces"
'children, young and the media globalisation'
cecilia feilitzen and ulla carlsson
post colonialism
"cultural studies must specialism but also actively from and resist the tyranny of the specialists"
'outside in the teaching machine'
spivak
cultural imperialism
"the Americanisation of world culture so often commented on and often deplored might be better described as the discovery of what world culture tastes actually are"
political economy on media
"a political economy of the new media insists on examination of the circumstances that give rise to any given distribution of power and of the consequences consumers and and citizens"
'robin mansell LSE,2004
convergence
"established companies will find in convergence and opportunity to operate more efficiently, increase returns on technology investments and realise other business benefits"
'opportunities and challenges'
stellios papadakis
one
i am an interested politics and media student wanting to focus on the Democratic side of media. this will include UGC, for example, YouTube videos, news blogs and interaction via consumers to the producers.
1.rodney king video - emedia - 3/3/1991
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DROn_9302UHg
2. BBC news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
3. sky news
news.sky.com/
main theorists to focus on:
1. david gauntlett - digital media
2. theodor adorno - socialist
3. alvarado - politics
BBC:
public service broadcaster
operates under Royal charter
funded by television license fee
chairman- sir michael lyons
director- mark thompson
methods used:
1. yourpics@bbc.co.uk
2. text- 61124
3. various international numbers
sky:
owned by Rupert Murdoch
operating since 1989
bskyb owned
internationally accessible
widened his company (increase producers)
methods used:
1. news@sky.com
2. newsonline@bskyb.com
3. skynewsinternational.com/carry/
- Internet has enabled companies to broaden their audiences
- these audiences have now the ability to interact directly with the channels
- consumers are now producers
- 'send in media'
two
- more consumers
- producers are now asking for the consumers to 'send in' media. this may include photos, stories and videos
- technological advances have made it more accessible ( as its cheaper) for most consumers to buy cameras, phones, other technological advances to share their productions.
S
more UGC
more journalists
H
decline in newspapers
more Internet news
more technology
E
license fees (tax)
earn money through your Media (you've been framed)
P
more democratic (everyone has a voice)
captures live events (sell these for money) or (distribute worldwide e.g. 9/11 attacks)
four
- larger audience
- cheaper technology
- news affects all
- all demographics are affected by news
- e.g. newsround for children below the age of 12
- ratings have increased as the political and economic lifestyle of the uk has changed. the uk has been foreced to adapt to this e.g. recession and now all consumers can access blogs and have their own views on the government, people and personalities.
five
bbc news website-->> 12+ 15+ 18+ newsround academic news
sky contact us website-->> 15+ 18+ academic news
six
- consumers have joined websites such as 'www.youtube.com'- now produce media
- youtube found in feb 2005
- available in 34 languages
- viacom regulated
- blocked in: china
morrocco
thailand
iran
pakistan
turkey
libya
.....
additional notes
2010 tution fees protest
-facebook enabled youths to interact with one and other and this in turn hlped stage the protests accross the uk and schools
uk uncut pressure groups
- protest against corporate tax evaders. the public staged protests by sitting inside stores e.g. vodafone, and then read books (not commiting any crimes) and effectively stopped people shopping there.
closing date 30/1/2011
targets include:
tesco
boots
philip green (topshop, burton, etc...)
vodafone
examples:
- philip green avioded £285 million in tax. this could pay for upto 20 000 nurses and 32, 000 students at £9000 per term fees.
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