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Stung − Beehive Broadband Takes Big Hit in Nevada’s New BEAD Plan
Would anyone be surprised to see West Virginia’s plan − developed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) and supported by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R) – win approval on Sept. 5?
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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WISP CEO Compares Virginia Broadband Funding to ‘Mob Organization’
The CEO of RBNS, a WISP, said Virginia's broadband funding process is like a 'mob organization just doing whatever it wants with no regard to law and personal property rights.'
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New Mexico Funding BEAD Projects at $40,000 Per Location. WWLD (What Will Lutnick Do)?
In all, the $432.9 million will connect about 43,000 BEAD-eligible locations.
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Comcast Resisting FCC Idea of Denying 39% Cap Relief to NBC
EchoStar Tuesday announced it will sell its 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses − totaling 50 megahertz of nationwide spectrum − to AT&T for about $23 billion.
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Colorado BEAD Plan Rolls the Dice on Amazon's Project Kuiper
Colorado's results were the best showing yet for LEO satellite based on proposals released so far by Louisiana, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Is Newsmax's Chris Ruddy Any Match for Nexstar's Perry Sook?
The FCC 'lacks authority and a compelling reason to change the rule,' Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said in an FCC filing yesterday.
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Is Elon Musk Ready to Go to War with His Third GOP Governor over BEAD?
The results in West Virginia tracked with recent BEAD awards in Virginia under GOP Gov. Glen Youngkin.
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Nexstar CEO Sook: $6.2 Billion TEGNA Deal Avoids ‘Chatbot’ Journalism
Nexstar CEO Perry Sook framed the $22 per share transaction as a critical step that will give TV stations committed to local journalism.
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Contrite Fund Manager Admits Not Seeing Cable One Train Wreck Coming
Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA announced Tuesday a definitive agreement for Nexstar to acquire all outstanding shares of TEGNA in a $6.2 billion cash transaction.
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Top Charter Executives Sued Over ACP Shutdown Financial Guidance
The suit alleged securities law violations stemming from company guidance about the financial impact of the shutdown of ACP.
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Special Report: 5 Questions for Shentel President and CEO Christopher French
Fiber ISP leader stepping down after 37 years in charge amid rapid industry change.
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Arielle Roth's First Headache− Call It the Musk Migraine
Musk – in a dispute that Roth might have to broker – argued that Virginia short-changed his Starlink satellite Internet service in violation of BEAD rules.
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Major WOW! Shareholder Has Issues with Sale to Crestview, DigitalBridge
LB Partners has claimed for more than a year that WOW! is worth at least $10 per share and not the $5.20 per share agreed upon.
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Does WOW! Buyout Have a DEI Problem at the FCC?
The deal requires FCC approval – and that could be a bumpy ride because WOW! has made a strong commitment to DEI, including an award-winning DEI Ambassador Team.
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NAB, CTIA Wrote D.C. Mayor in 2024 About ‘Horrifying’ Violence. Trump Just Replied
In December 2023, just before a Thursday lunch hour, four people were shot – two fatally – in a gun battle that occurred only a short walk from NAB’s front door at M Street in Southeast D.C.
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Nexstar, Gray Media Try Glass-Steagall Repeal Strategy to Gain FCC Merger Approvals
Gray has announced three deals that technically violate FCC rules that ban the common ownership of two or more Top 4 stations in a market.
