Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast. He is also Editor and Publisher of Policyband, a website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the broadband communications market.
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She says in a speech today at the American Enterprise Institute that government policy based on a technology being considered ‘future proof’ will stifle innovation and hurt rural areas most
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Golden State’s Attorney General forms 12-state coalition to block Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, hoping to reprise success in halting Nexstar-TEGNA from integrating their operations
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NextGen LEOs pack a punch: 1 Tbps of downlink and 200 Gbps of uplink capacity per satellite or more than 10 times the bandwidth of V2 models, becoming a larger threat to established ISPs nationwide
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Three-judge panel basically says DIRECTV and cable trade groups jumped the gun in attempting to force judicial review of the Media Bureau’s March 19 approval of the big TV station transaction
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Following his first election debate Wednesday with Rep. Seth Moulton in Chicopee, Markey, 79, tells reporters he needs a new term to finish his ‘progressive agenda’
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Their 2040 projection of $3.3 trillion – a figure four times Amazon’s current annual revenue – assumes SpaceX creates new total addressable markets in connectivity and physical AI
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In a 600-page filing filled with theft and damage maps, the company said it was a waste of money to repair copper networks when 'comparable substitute service is available to all impacted customers'
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LEOs like Starlink and Amazon Leo are shrinking the BEAD map, which has about 3.9 million locations today. How many will be left for fiber, fixed wireless, and cable BEAD subgrantees a year from?
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The agency shortened Grain’s proposed buildout deadlines to three and eight years, down from six and 12 years. Agency did not comment on Grain’s DEI policies with regard to hiring at the PE firm
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The FCC will vote July 22 on rules for auctioning 160 megahertz of Upper C‑Band spectrum next year, following 2025 legislation signed by President Trump that restored the agency’s auction authority
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Opinion: 'Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people'
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Mike Cavanagh to become CEO of NBCUniversal and Michael Angelakis will become CEO of Comcast, with no assigned title for Comcast Co-CEO Roberts, a major shareholder
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wants to point the $2.4 billion program in a new direction in an effort to reduce student screen time in response to falling test scores and concerns about online safety
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CWW did not explain whether FCC approval is needed. CEO Slayton Stewart said, 'This decision was made with the future of our customers and communities at the forefront'
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The 700 TV station affiliates say the Big Four broadcast networks are raising affiliation fees, shrinking exclusivity, and imposing 'take‑it‑or‑leave‑it' terms, draining resources from local stations
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Like Texas, Oregon made a partial award to Astound, with the ISP saying The Beaver State created ‘significant cost increases due to the network infrastructure build not being contiguous’
