Bill McConnell Latest articles by Bill McConnell Del Duca named FCC investigations chief By Bill McConnell published 24 February 03 Viewpoint Court Unlikely to Ease Duopoly Rules By Bill McConnell published 12 February 04 Viewpoint FCC: Advertisers’ Demands May Hurt Network Ratings By Bill McConnell published 9 December 03 Viewpoint FCC Prompts Broadcasters on Closed-Captioning Quotas By Bill McConnell published 7 January 04 Viewpoint Station-Cap Roulette Now Lands on 39% By Bill McConnell published 1 December 03 Viewpoint Broadcasters Appeal Backhaul Takeback By Bill McConnell published 30 October 03 Viewpoint A Source of Angst for the Cable Industry By Bill McConnell published 17 March 03 Viewpoint KTMN Hit with Radiation Emissions Fine By Bill McConnell published 30 December 03 Viewpoint Philly gets media-ownership appeals By Bill McConnell published 20 August 03 Viewpoint FCC Readies San Antonio Localism Hearing By Bill McConnell published 27 January 04 Viewpoint Stations' Rights By Bill McConnell published 3 May 04 Viewpoint Drama Over a Documentary By Bill McConnell published 18 October 04 Viewpoint Ex-HBO Exec Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme By Bill McConnell published 10 February 04 Viewpoint À La Carte Is Off The Senate's Menu By Bill McConnell published 29 March 04 Viewpoint Hollings Pushes Violence Harbor By Bill McConnell published 8 March 04 Viewpoint Kennedy, Clinton call for hearings before TV sales By Bill McConnell published 1 August 03 Viewpoint Kennedy, Clinton call for hearings before TV sales By Bill McConnell published 1 August 03 Viewpoint Shapiro takes whack at Forrester By Bill McConnell published 14 March 03 Viewpoint Flip Flop Flip By Bill McConnell published 4 August 03 Viewpoint Ownership Reg Faces Murky Outcome By Bill McConnell published 22 September 03 Viewpoint Brouillette returns to Commerce Committee By Bill McConnell published 22 May 03 Viewpoint Passage of 39% Cap No Sure Thing By Bill McConnell published 15 December 03 Viewpoint Pirate broadcaster's plea garners prison stay By Bill McConnell published 12 May 03 Viewpoint High-speed hunch By Bill McConnell published 6 August 01 Viewpoint Powell proposes DTV transition plan By Bill McConnell published 4 April 02 Viewpoint 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives NEXT TV NEWSLETTERThe smarter way to stay on top of the streaming and OTT industry. Sign up below.* To subscribe, you must consent to Future’s privacy policy. LATEST ARTICLES1B+C Hall of Fame Honors the Class of 20252B+C Hall of Fame Announces Its Class of 2025 3DirecTV Acquires Dish, Unifying Struggling Satellite Business 4Next Text: As DirecTV and Dish Try to Seize the Remains of the Day, Does It Even Matter?5Freeze Frame: B+C Hall of Fame 2024