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The State of Digital Policy: Successes, Failures, and Unintended Consequences of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

The State of Digital Policy: Successes, Failures, and Unintended Consequences of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

by quelloadmin | Feb 16, 2026 | News, Opinion, policy, research, telecommunications

Authors: Johannes Bauer and Jean Hardy 2026-02-16 On February 8, 1996, in a festive ceremony in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The 30th anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on the Act...

FCC Awards Experimental Broadcast License for ATSC 3.0

by Laleah Fernandez | Jun 28, 2018 | News

A new experimental broadcast license for WKAR-TV opens the door for broadcast innovation and research at the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences. Michael O’Rielly, commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), recently visited...

Vint Cerf Speaking at MSU on 10 May @ 3:30PM

by William Dutton | May 1, 2018 | Department of Media & Information, News

THE QUELLO CENTER PRESENTS INTERNET PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE BY VINTON CERF THURSDAY, MAY 10TH @ 3:30 PM // COMM ARTS RM. 147 The Internet grew out of a successful US Defense Department experiment in packet switching and became a platform upon which a wide range of...

DISNEY BUYS MURDOCH by A. Michael Noll

by William Dutton | Dec 17, 2017 | Blog, broadcasting, Net Neutrality, telecommunications

DISNEY BUYS MURDOCH A. Michael Noll December 16, 2017 © Copyright 2017 AMN Walt Disney is purchasing Murdoch’s entertainment empire for over $50 billion. Is this a great deal – or a huge challenge for the future of Disney? The vision is a future in which video...

Note from Deborah Taylor Tate

by quelloadmin | Nov 21, 2017 | archives, Archives List, Correspondence

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