WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker threw his support behind the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet proposal, despite renewed protests from telecom companies including Verizon on Wednesday. The endorsement from Rick Boucher, chairman of a key House committee, came on the eve of an FCC meeting on so-called net neutrality rules, which aim to keep the Web ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A court injunction barring DISH Network Corp from broadcasting out-of-market programing would be lifted under a satellite and cable TV reauthorization legislation approved by House lawmakers on Wednesday. By a 34-0 vote, the House Judiciary Committee backed legislation aimed at renewing the copyright license for another five years to allow satellite companies to transmit distant network programing to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker on Thursday expressed concern that much of the eastern part of the United States could be disqualified from broadband grants because of the way remote communities are considered. Rick Boucher, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, said at a hearing that some rules governing the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker on Thursday expressed concern that much of the eastern part of the United States could be disqualified from broadband grants because of the way remote communities are considered. Rick Boucher, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, said at a hearing that some rules governing the ...