Charter Communications, controlled by cable industry pioneer John Malone, has offered to buy Time Warner Cable for $56bn (€52bn), seeking to combine the number two and three US cable operators to compete against market leader Comcast.

Internet service providers must act in the “public interest” when providing a mobile connection to a US home or phone, under rules approved by a divided Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Smartphone theft accounts for 30% to 40% of all American urban crime according to the Federal Communications Commission.

False alarm: Networks fined $1.9m as ‘Olympus’ advert makes a splash

The saga of Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction looks set to rumble on after the US Supreme Court ordered that a ruling quashing a fine over the incident be re-examined.

A NARROWLY divided Supreme Court yesterday ruled US regulators can impose fines on television and radio broadcasters for allowing “fleeting expletives” to go out over the airwaves.

A US appeals court today threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show that ended with Janet Jackson’s breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction”.

Ian McKellen’s acclaimed performance in King Lear is coming to America’s Public Broadcasting System – but his on-stage nude scene may not.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain today publicly denied having a romantic relationship with a woman lobbyist.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates today rejected the possibility that Google could become a successful competitor in the smartphone software market.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan will tomorrow meet with senior US politicians as he continues his four-day fact-finding visit to the country.

The Walt Disney Company will serve healthier meals at its domestic US theme parks and reduce fat and sugar in Disney-branded foods as part of a push to improve the diets of children.

US TV network CBS has once more appealed against a $550,000 (€430,833) fine imposed after Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl 'wardrobe malfunction'.

America’s CBS television network has asked an appeal court to set aside a €445,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission against the broadcaster for airing Janet Jackson’s breast-baring performance during a a half-time gala at the 2004 professional football championship game.

A WOMAN who won a radio contest that promised the winner “100 grand” sued after the station gave her a candy bar - a Nestle’s 100 Grand - instead of $100,000 dollars (€83,122).

Beatles legend Paul McCartney will take centre stage at next year’s Super Bowl to entertain fans during the half-time show, it was announced today.

An Ohio TV news anchorwoman appeared on the air in the nude, in a first-person report about an artist’s photographs...drawing a record number of viewers for the time slot.

America’s crackdown on taste and decency on TV took a step further today - with stations axing war film Saving Private Ryan for being too rude.

American TV giant CBS is fighting the large fine imposed on 20 of its stations after Janet Jackson's breast exposure during February's Super Bowl, insisting the incident was not intentional.

PRESIDENT George Bush and his election challenger John Kerry were last night preparing for their third and final live televised debate.

President George Bush and his election challenger John Kerry were tonight preparing for their third and final live televised debate.

It turns out that Janet Jackson is a record setter!

American TV shows Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Will & Grace have been cleared of indecency, following complaints they contained unsuitable scenes of a sexual nature.

Janet Jackson's boob-flash at the SuperBowl has led to US regulators recommending the 20 TV stations which aired it be fined $27,500 (€41,000) each.

US lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret has scrapped its annual televised fashion show, featuring scantily clad supermodels, in the wake of Janet Jackson's bare-breased scandal.

US TV watchdogs have proposed €500,000 in indecency fines against Clear Channel Communications for broadcasts by shock radio host Howard Stern, prompting the nation’s largest radio chain to drop him.

US broadcasting regulators have launched a crackdown on bad language on television and radio.

Justin Timberlake says his own family was offended by his racy Super Bowl halftime duet with Janet Jackson, but he insisted he thought only her bra – not her breast – would be revealed when he pulled off her costume.

Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson were today accused of a “classless, crass and deplorable” Super Bowl show stunt during which she exposed one of her breasts.

US regulators have given media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation the go-ahead to take over America’s largest satellite TV provider, in a €6.3bn deal.

Federal regulators in Washington are looking at making a pre-emptive strike against web surfers who share digital television shows across the internet.

When it comes to swearing, the US government says, it is all in the delivery.

A RADIO contest challenging listeners to have sex in public places for a free trip to Boston’s Sam Adams Brewery has won the broadcasters a $357,500 fine.

AN unholy sex stunt at St Patrick’s Cathedral has gotten shock jerks Opie and Anthony exorcised from New York radio.

WorldCom, the US telecoms giant, became the biggest bankrupt in history today, but the company’s chief executive said it would have no effect on the company’s customers.

The US does not know where terror suspect Osama bin Laden is hiding, Secretary of State Colin Powell has admitted.

Granting Beijing the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympics would be a ‘‘wonderful thing,’’ News Corporation magnate Rupert Murdoch has said.

The $106bn merger of America Online and Time Warner has cleared its final government hurdle.