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Carr's FCC Expected to Release Public Notice on Achieving U.S. Drone Dominance

“President Trump has been clear that the Administration will act to secure our airspace and unleash American drone dominance,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.

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Do Red State AGs Want Power to Shoot Down Drones Dropping Mobile Phones into Prisons?

Led by Georgia AG Chris Carr, the officials want 'the ability to use multiple means necessary to disable or intercept drones before they reach the prison'

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Warns NFL Streaming Deals Undercut Basis for League's Antitrust Exemption

FCC Chairman says, 'You effectively have to have a computer science degree ... ' to keep track of the migration of marquee sports to streaming platforms

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FCC Defends Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Approval in D.C. Circuit, Says Stay Would 'Needlessly Delay' Deal Benefits

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr tells reporters in Washington, D.C., Thursday that he and his two colleagues still might vote on the Media Bureau's March 19 decision approving the $6.2 billion transaction

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Cox Wins Supreme Court Copyright Fight over Sony in a Crushing 9-0 Wipeout for Famed Conservative Litigator Paul Clement

Clement has been hired by six cable broadband associations to fight the FCC's approval of the Nexstar-TEGNA merger

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Easy, Policyband — Trump and Newsmax Remain on Good Terms, Ruddy Says

'President has no problem with me or Newsmax, I was with him Saturday night,' Ruddy said in an email to Policyband. Yet, Trump blasted his friend's cable news network two days later anyway

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Does Chris Ruddy Now Have a POTUS Problem?

President Trump tells Newsmax reporter Mike Carter, 'You’re not doing a good job, did you hear me?'

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Can They Really Unscramble the Egg? Newsmax Locks Arms with Cable, DIRECTV in Challenging Closed Nexstar-TEGNA Merger

Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy issues statement saying FCC approval was 'an affront to both legal process and the rule of law' while FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the deal will strengthen local broadcasting

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Nexstar-TEGNA Deal Sails Through Carr’s FCC in a Speedy 121 Days; CEO Sook Makes a Few Minor Concessions But That’s It

Nexstar has two years to sell six TV stations but in the end, it might not have to if FCC local TV ownership rules happen to change during the interval

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D.C. CTO Says NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth Left Out a Key Detail in Her WSJ Takedown

‘Here’s the twist: These locations were identified by the federal government, not the District of Columbia,” said D.C. Chief Technology Officer Stephen N. Miller. Roth: That's not the whole story.

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NCTA CEO Has a Big Concern about WRC-27 in Shanghai — China Spying

Cable broadband leader wants WRC-27 delegates to have ‘reliable encrypted Wi-Fi connectivity’ and ‘appropriate privacy safeguards in meeting spaces and lodgings.’

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WOW's Japanese Buyer Asks for Swift FCC Merger Review

Masayoshi Son's Softbank Corp. is paying $4 billion to acquire WOW! parent DigitalBridge Group

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The Left Explodes after Carr Warns Broadcasters about ‘Hoaxes and News Distortions’

Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, combined on a message calling Carr a fascist over and over.

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Did Google President Ruth Porat Decide the GFiber ‘Other Bet’ Wasn’t Working?

GFiber opted to combine with a company in Astound Broadband that is 85% DOCSIS technology when plenty of pure-play fiber operators are still out there. What gives?

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In an Unusual Move, FCC Chairman Carr Drops the Package at Amazon’s Front Door

Carr reacted negatively to Amazon’s attack on SpaceX’s effort to build a massive data center satellite constellation in low Earth orbit

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Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Battle Continues As Cable Operators Demand Huge Concessions

For starters, Nexstar would need to divest stations to get to 39% and could own no more than two stations in a local market