FCC FU
This was brought to my Attention by a trusted old friend, Dave Thomas! Couldn’t resist Dave, I had to post, this is too funny….
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More on the FTC/ Privacy/ Internet
Found a much better article on this issue:
Apparently, they are going after all the major Internet Ad players…..
The document serves as a who’s who of the interactive ad industry, calling into question several online publishers, ad networks and ad serving, tracking and targeting technology firms including: ClickTracks, Fox News Corp’s IGN Entertainment, PointRoll, 24/7 Real Media, Blue Lithium, ValueClick Media, Specific Media, Claria, Yahoo, Coremetrics, DoubleClick, Google, Tacoda Systems and Revenue Science.
And… they’re worried about industry consolidation…..
The consumer advocacy groups also call for the FTC to inspect increasing consolidation of the Web ad industry, citing Microsoft’s acquisition of Massive, News Corp’s purchase of MySpace and Google’s YouTube buy. Such activity, said Chester, “raises a question about the level of competition in the industry”
These guys ever hear of the Cable Television or the Wireless Phone Industries? Talk about consolidation!
It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out next week!
Technorati Tags: advertising, FTC, interactive, privacy
Read MoreBlatant conflict of interest! – Phone, Cable Firms Rein In Consumers’ Internet Use
WSJ.com – Phone, Cable Firms Rein In Consumers’ Internet Use
By PETER GRANT and JESSE DRUCKER
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
October 21, 2005; Page A1Several large telephone and cable companies are starting to make it harder for consumers to use the Internet for phone calls or swapping video files.
This is a blatant conflict of interest! Where’s the FCC? UNACCEPTABLE!!!
Technorati Tags: Cable, conflict of interest, telephone
Read MoreNielsen Task Force Urges Senate To Drop TV Ratings Legislation – 07/21/2005
THE INDEPENDENT TASK FORCE ON Television Measurement, a group organized by Nielsen Media Research and New York Congressman Charles Rangel, Wednesday urged the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the House Commerce Committee to decline legislation that would require new oversight of TV ratings.
A television ratings service would have to be fully accredited by the Media Rating Council (MRC) – currently a voluntary industry self-regulatory body – before it could be introduced into a market.
Doesn’t the Senate have more important issues to focus on rather than approving TV ratings systems? What’s next all marketing measurement systems? Talk about government overstepping their bounds!!
Read MoreFCC’s Martin Loves Duopoly
FCC’s Martin Loves Duopoly:
Whichever way you slice it, FCC commish Kevin Martin, a Bush loyalist and Republican to boot, prefers a duopoly. He doesn’t want either the cable or the phone guys to share their infrastructure with their rivals. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal he outlines his vision of broadband for all. Commish Martin talks [...]
Competition and free enterprise are suppose to be staples of the American Economy. The reality is our economy is based on Oligopoly. Pick a market – Broadband, TV, Music, Software, Wireless, Telephone, Cable TV.
Do you want to see our economy experience a sustained growth similar to the 90′s expansion? Then we must open these markets up to competition.
Why does my cable TV EPG look like it was designed by a blind person?
Why does it take 37 keystrokes to turn bluetooth on on my cell phone?
Why do we continue to use unsecured OS’s?
Why does voice on wireless phones barely work?
The answer is lack of competition!
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