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AT&T Likely the ‘Fifth-Largest Copper Mine in the U.S.,’ CEO Stankey Says
Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference, Stankey says, ‘That copper needs to come out, it needs to be monetized’
Ted Hearn
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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Nexstar Needs to Finish ATSC 3.0 Transition Before Leasing Spectrum to Starlink
EVP and CFO Lee Ann Gliha tells Wall Street that broadcasters’ Edgebeam Wireless consortium covers 97% of the country – optimal for a national LEO service like Starlink with mobile ambitions
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Carr Warns Broadcasters about Airing Fake Polls, Says New Guidance Could Be on the Way
In an interview on the Fox News cable news network, the FCC leader says he’s concerned fake polls could suppress voter turnout
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Who’s Battling Disney for the FCC? Judge Jeanine!
The U.S. Attorney, recently in President Trump’s doghouse for dropping vandalism charges in D.C., told a federal judge her court does not have jurisdiction to hear Disney’s injunction request.
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Prominent Republicans Continue to Question USF’s Future without Reforms
Former Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), who led the Energy and Commerce Committee for one term, calls for USF’s overhaul before lawmakers consider new revenue sources
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Nick Jeffery Ready to Resume His ‘Fiber-Powered’ Career as Charter’s New COO
In a LinkedIn post outlining his priorities as No. 2 to CEO Chris Winfrey, Jeffery set a high bar for himself and the company: ‘The Great Cable Comeback starts here’
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Former FCC Republican Michael O’Rielly Supports Ending E-Rate ‘If Is Is Hurting Students’
“If E-Rate is not delivering, or worse, if it is hurting students, then it should be curtailed or ended,” O’Rielly says, adding the FCC has the legal authority to pursue reforms.
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Circle City Broadcasting Urging DIRECTV Customers to ‘Make the Switch’ to Comcast or Charter
A week into their retransmission consent dispute, CCB owner DuJuan McCoy claims DIRECTV is failing to recognize the value of the local coverage provided by his WRTV-ABC, WISH TV, and MyINDY TV 23
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At $125 a Month, Cable TV Nearly as Expensive as Typical Monthly Home Electric Bill, Report Finds
“This is one of those bills that quietly became a big one,” said doxo CEO Steve Shivers. But his firm’s cable price survey failed to note data-mobile-video bundles or the $82.99 price of You Tube TV
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D.C. Circuit Panel Tosses Soo Kim’s Conspiracy, Racial Discrimination Claims against Rosenworcel
In its narrative of Kim’s failed bid for TEGNA, the court sidestepped Nancy Pelosi’s intervention on behalf of Democratic donor Byron Allen, an African-American businessman and Kim’s rival for TEGNA
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NTIA's Roth Celebrates Major Policy Victory – All BEAD Plans Have Been Approved by the Trump Administration
Now it’s up to the 50 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C., to sign contracts with ISPs (or Subgrantees in BEAD parlance) to get the backhoes digging and the networks humming
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Catherine Commisso Takes Senior Post as Mediacom Moves Forward in Post-Rocco Era
Widow of Mediacom founder Rocco B. Commisso to serve as Vice Chair and Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Administration, reporting to her son, CEO Giuseppe Commisso
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CNET Names GFiber as Best ISP in 2026
‘With GFiber, what you see is what you get for the long haul: You get a flat, fixed rate from day one with zero term lengths, zero annual contracts, and zero promotional expirations attached’
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Biden Judge Hands Round 1 to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in Dispute with Disney/ABC
Following a September briefing schedule, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan plans to hold a hearing the week of Oct. 5 – sooner if the FCC directs ‘any hearing designation order’ aimed at Disney/ABC
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FCC Chairman Carr Protects Radio Jobs as Cumulus Media’s Reorganization Gains Agency Approval
‘We commit to maintaining our existing newsroom staffing levels for a minimum of two years ...’ President and CEO Mary G. Berner tells Carr ahead of FCC approval of firm’s corporate reorganization
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With RDOF-Era Clairvoyance, FCC Democrat Anna Gomez Once Again Relegates Starlink to the ISP Underclass
“Until it is proven to me that [LEOs] have the capacity and the latency able to serve in our artificial intelligence economy, then I’m not convinced that that is in fact the answer,” Gomez said.
