AT&T is awaiting FCC approval to purchase $23 billion in spectrum from EchoStar

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posted the AT&T news on his X feed after past warnings that deal approvals would run into trouble for firms with DEI commitments

Nexstar is seeking a waiver not just from the 39% cap, but also from a rule that would disallow common ownership of three TV stations each in 23 different local markets

Billions in Fines Possible if ISPs Fail to Disconnect Infringing Subscribers after Receiving Notice from Copyright Holders

Blair Levin thinks Nexstar-TEGNA will get approved if NBC and ABC can’t go on TV station buying spree.

Texas-based TV Station Owner Looking to Merge with TEGNA Opposes 'Stranglehold of Legacy Media and Big Tech’

NAB Issues Statement Backing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's Effort to Empower Local Stations, Claims Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy Is Running 'Misleading Campaign' to Keep TV Stations Pinned Down by 39% Cap

"We don’t waive statutes," Gomez told reporters Thursday at FCC headquarters.

You can’t spell Netflix without NFL,” the streaming giant said.

Musk Warned Virginia, Louisiana They Needed to Give LEOs Bigger Piece of the BEAD Pie

Supreme Court to hear fired FTC Democrat Rebecca Slaughter's case on Dec. 8

Issa's Interference Could Harm WBD CEO Zaslav's Effort to Fetch Top Dollar

CAR President Daniel Suhr also endorsed Charter’s investment in rural communities, saying the ISP is deploying broadband ‘within a broad vision for socially responsible corporate engagement.’

Michael Santorelli and Alex Karras at New York Law School also suggest NTIA might withhold BEAD funds until New York repeals its broadband rate-regulation law

Analyst Brandon Nispel Says Cable Broadband’s Position Will Continue to Erode as a Result of Fiber and Fixed Wireless Access Competition Nationally

Candidates Look to Sin Taxes to Accelerate Broadband Deployment. Will the Republican-controlled Legislature in Madison Go Along?

Astound CEO Jim Holanda Stepping Aside for New Leader in Early 2026. Meanwhile, Cable One Reports 'Significant Progress' in CEO Search as ISP Reels from Broadband Sub Losses

Elon Musk’s global satellite internet access service tacked on 1 million new customers over the past 69 Days.

Policy analyst Bartlett Cleland says the Charter-Broadcom 10 Gbps Demo at SCTE TechExpo25 Stays a Cool Science Project if Licensed Carriers Can Hog the Airwaves.

FCC chief calls on Senate Democratic leader to end the ‘Schumer shutdown’ and stop pandering to ‘your far-left flank.”

Trump 45’s first Press Secretary says abolishing the 39% cap allows more right-leaning affiliate owners to become more influential

'Starlink shows great promise in terms of equity,' Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Claim.

Agency leader sets Nov. 20, 2025, vote to advance a key communications provision in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Arkansas State Broadband Director Glen Howie Vowed to Keep a Close Eye on the Finances of Hometown Internet

Libertarian cable TV pioneer would control a company that derives 42% of annual revenue from a single source − the FCC’s $8.5 billion Universal Service Fund

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) said the $6.2 billion TV station deal would violate federal ownership limits and hurt Rocky Mountain State consumers.

Only 9.37% of Cornhusker State locations getting fiber, compared to 66% nationally

Analysts Santorelli and Karras support a BEAD reserve fund to connect any remaining unconnected locations.

'If you think there's nothing you can do to lose a license, then it's not a license,” Carr says on the Media Research Center’s NewsBusters Podcast.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) says it’s time to use a simple Senate majority to fund the government.

Calls Smith “a rogue special counsel on a weaponized witch hunt against Republican Senators.”

Cable news leader plowing into an asset category that Warren Buffet has called 'rat poison squared.'

Boston Herald conservative columnist Joe Battenfeld accused Markey's primary opponent of naked 'age discrimination.'

Senate Republican wants to know why carriers rolled over for the Biden Justice Department.

Draft law also makes it illegal to own or use Elon Musk's low Earth orbit satellite Internet service.

Veteran Massachusetts Democrat called out on his attacks on the First Amendment in 2018 by freshman Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio.

Louisiana Republican shocked the telecom firms rolled over and failed to fight the privacy invasion of eight Senate Republicans.

But the agency leader left a lot of jump balls and industry brawls in a draft NPRM released yesterday

NAB in February submitted a plan to wrap up ATSC 3.0 by early 2030 that faced resistance from the Consumer Technology Association and MVPDs like DIRECTV.

President Obama, in a 2015 visit to CFU, vowed to let local governments provide competitive communications services, especially broadband.

Deal arrived one day after NAB slammed the ‘unchecked dominance of Big Tech’.

Fiber leader wants $20 billion ‘leftover’ from BEAD to ‘build AI critical fiber infrastructure’

GOP-led FCC cuts off E-Rate support for Wi-Fi hotspots and Wi-Fi on school buses

'Our role is to be good stewards of the money,' NTIA chief says.

Is it time for Alaska to consider moving people to broadband instead of deploying broadband to people at $113,000 per location?

President Trump yesterday signed an Executive Order formalizing a deal for American investors to assume control of TikTok’s U.S. operations.

'Cable broadband providers deliver connectivity to 59% of all fixed Internet connections in the U.S., serving 80 million broadband subscribers nationwide,' the NCTA report said.

'It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,' Kimmel said.

Carr said Democrats had misrepresented the facts and accused them of engaging in censorship themselves.

Under Biden’s plan enunciated in June 2023, South Carolina was slated to receive $551 million for BEAD. The state won’t need about 93% of that

'I think Brendan Carr is outstanding. He’s a patriot. He loves our country, and he’s a tough guy,' President Trump said.

Kimmel got sideways with Carr after depicting Kirk’s assassin as a MAGA loyalist.

New York Law School analysts said the aging Communications Act has left the FCC unable to act on major issues without explicit congressional authorization.

'I hope we get our $1.2 billion. I’m going to hold the Trump administration’s feet to the fire that this is what we’ve been promised, this is what we should get'

SpaceX has sharply cut prices of its Starlink satellite Internet service in parts of the U.S., offering its hardware kit for $89 − the lowest price to date.

The legislation would give renters new rights over Internet service charges tied to their leases starting in 2026.

West Virginia's plan would connect 73,701 locations, down about 40,000, with some saying 100,000 West Virginians would not benefit under BEAD.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Monday he has directed staff to conclude an investigation into EchoStar’s compliance with federal spectrum license obligations.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Monday the agency will vote this month to launch its legally required review of broadcast ownership rules.

EchoStar said in a press release Monday it has reached a $17 billion agreement to sell spectrum licenses to SpaceX.

'The team set a high bar from the start, and as far as we know, this is the first commercial phased array antenna to deliver 1+ Gbps from low Earth orbit.'

'Irrespective of the underlying economics, there will be multiple operators. And that, in turn, means lower returns. For everyone,' Moffett said yesterday in a deep-dive look at LEOs

Gardner was recently Chairman of the Senate Leadership Fund, an outside fundraising group to help Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., elect Republicans and keep GOP control.

Virginia received an allocation of $1.48 billion under Biden, but BEAD deployment spending totaled just $613 million − a reduction of $868 million. Louisiana showed a similar gap.

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?

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.'

In all, the $432.9 million will connect about 43,000 BEAD-eligible locations.

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.

Colorado's results were the best showing yet for LEO satellite based on proposals released so far by Louisiana, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The FCC 'lacks authority and a compelling reason to change the rule,' Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said in an FCC filing yesterday.

The results in West Virginia tracked with recent BEAD awards in Virginia under GOP Gov. Glen Youngkin.

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook framed the $22 per share transaction as a critical step that will give TV stations committed to local journalism.

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.

The suit alleged securities law violations stemming from company guidance about the financial impact of the shutdown of ACP.

Fiber ISP leader stepping down after 37 years in charge amid rapid industry change.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LEO and fixed wireless 'are capacity-limited, and are not the silver bullet to close the digital divide. On the other hand, fiber service has more upfront," Gomez said.

'Without immediate regulatory relief, local broadcasting companies will cease to exist, taking jobs with them... and signaling the end of trusted local journalism.'

President Trump yesterday issued an Executive Order naming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to serve on the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif.

'The record is clear that the Commission has statutory authority to repeal the national TV ownership rule in its entirety,' NAB said.

USTelecom pointed to a number of states and some of their subdivisions that are slowing or stopping broadband deployment because of permitting.

Cable One: In 2Q results, Cable One yesterday said it lost 13,500 broadband subscribers and remained on track to replace CEO Julie Laulis.

Comcast shares were up slightly in early trading, perhaps because the broadband losses were better than consensus.

Brendan Carr is examining whether the FCC needs to rein in the financial dominance of national media conglomerates over community-based broadcasters.

Charter’s corporate website’s Strengthening Communities section has a Diversity & Inclusion tab but there is nothing to see.

Although the $20 billion deal cleared the FCC on May 16, it still needs the OK of the California Public Utilities Commission, and that’s not going too well because of three letters: DEI.

Charter released its financial and operational results for Q2, during which it saw a decrease in customers by 117,000, bringing the total number of Internet customers to 29.9 million.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said he was 'pleased to see that the court agrees and has vacated that regulation.'

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is planning a confirmation vote today at 11 a.m. for Arielle Roth, President Trump’s pick to run NTIA

'It is not unreasonable for taxpayers to expect transparency, accountability, and balance from any outlet receiving federal support.'

Pearl TV presented the FCC with six photos of an HDHomeRun Flex uncovered circuit board. Removal of the thermal putty on a circuit revealed the HiSilicon logo.

'Where’s the marketing blitz? How much prime time advertising have they done on ATSC 3.0?', asked CTA CEO Gary Shapiro

NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt paid a visit to Republican FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty looking for help on the relaxation of broadcast ownership rules

A TV station syndicate thinks it has the answer to this Beltway riddle: Why is the Consumer Technology Association so exercised about a NextGen TV tuner mandate?

In a press release, Charter disclosed that in Missouri, it had seen a 200% year-over-year rise in felony attacks on its network so far this year.

Last week Gail Slater sounded as if she wanted to vomit in approving T-Mobile’s $4.4 billion takeover of much of UScellular’s business.