Guides

The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children's access to obscene or harmful ...

The Federal Communications Commission held a spectrum auction in April 2017 to help improve and expand wireless services across the country to meet...

Portable interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services can be used from virtually any internet connection anywhere, which raises challe...

If your cable provider charges you, as a subscriber, for services or equipment you did not affirmatively request, you may have experienced "negative ...

With a few exceptions, cable television service providers can offer whatever channels they choose. Cable companies negotiate agreements with televisi...

Cable operators, satellite operators and other pay TV service providers carry local television broadcast stations through "retransmission consent" co...

Most satellite subscribers can receive television broadcast channels that originate within their local area, but some channels that are broadcast in ...

Cable operators with all-digital systems may encrypt their services. If your cable operator chooses to encrypt its services, you will need a set-top ...

A sports blackout is when a sports event that was scheduled to be televised is not aired in a particular media market. This blackout may prevent tran...

The V-chip allows parents or other caregivers to block programming on their TVs that they don't want children to watch. Most programs are assigned a ...