Yes, Hawaii. You do have effective competition. So sayeth the FCC Media Bureau in an order released Tues and that revokes the Big Island’s certification to regulate basic cable service rates. It’s the first effective competition declaration Time Warner Cable has received in the state. It also has a petition pending for rate deregulation of Oahu based on the LEC test, with TWC arguing that Hawaiian Telecom provides effective competition. Here’s what the state argued and how the FCC responded.

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It’s official. After several failed attempts from both sides of the aisle, a pair of House Republicans said they will start working on rewriting the Communications Act with a series of hearings in ’14 and a process to launch an update in ’15.
 
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Time Warner Cable launched its Starter TV package that includes over 20 channels and HBO.

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This week’s news of Nexstar and TEGNA agreeing to merge certainly poured gasoline on the fire, which was a fitting precursor to Friday’s deadline to submit reply comments in the FCC’s review of the national TV ownership rules.

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