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D.C. Memo: YouTube's 'Antenna Man' Says Roku TV Burying Free TV Stations Deep Inside the Channel Guide
‘The FCC should require TV manufacturers to include a ‘local TV’ button on the remote to provide users easy access to local channels from an antenna…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: ‘I Support That Transaction’ – FCC Chairman Carr Ready to Approve Nexstar-TEGNA Deal
Will he waive the 39% cap? 'Stay tuned,' Carr tells reporters Wednesday
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Armstrong Buying MCTV in Ohio from the Gessner Family
MCTV was started by Richard and Susan Gessner in 1965 and remained in the family for 61 years.
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Starlink Rockets Past the 10 Million Subscriber Mark Globally, Adds 1 Million Subs in Just 53 Days
Is there really a need for BEAD when Starlink is likely adding 225,000 U.S. rural customers every 50 days on average?
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Smack in the Middle of Nexstar-TEGNA, Antitrust Chief Gail Slater Shown the Door
'They’ve basically decided to decapitate the Antitrust Division. It’s not just Slater. Her top deputies are gone,' said Douglas Farrar, a senior policy…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: GCI's Alaska Subsea Fiber Breaks Start to Pile Up and Cost Money
Two fiber breaks in December will cost the company millions to repair. The latest one in Deering will take months to fix because the presence of think…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Sen. Kennedy to Lutnick: 'Why Don't You Just Use ... Starlink?'
'Why don’t you just do that? And do it across America and save a bunch of money," the Louisiana Republican said.
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Newsmax-Promoted Poll Claims GOP Primary Voters Oppose Nexstar-TEGNA Merger By a Lot
Sixty-Eight Precent of GOP Primary Voters in Public Opinion Strategies Poll Strongly Opposed the TV Station Deal
D.C. Memo: Trump Whacks FCC’s 39% Cap in Calling for Approval of the Nexstar-TEGNA Merger
‘Letting Good Deals get done like Nexstar - Tegna will help knock out the Fake News because there will be more competition, and at a higher and more…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: FCC Pole Decision Should Clear the Way for ‘Faster, More Reliable Broadband,’ Chairman Carr Says
In a unanimous ruling rendered in expedited fashion, agency says Comcast not required to pay the full cost to replace poles owned Appalachian Power…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Foes Airing Attack Ad Smearing Trump, Carr, and the TV Station Deal
CAR President Daniel Suhr called the ad ‘a left-wing hit job on President Trump and Chairman Carr from a group that disagrees with everything this…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Newsmax CEO Ruddy Gets His Cage Match with NAB, with Cruz Announcing 39% Cap Hearing
“The media market is changing rapidly, leading many to wonder if broadcast media ownership rules should reflect this new reality,” Senate Commerce…
 • Ted Hearn
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