Archive - Policyband

D.C. Memo: FCC Lifts 39% Cap But Do TV Stations Squeezed by Big Tech Have a Future?

'I don’t want local broadcast TV to go the way of local newspapers. And yet the risk is real,' FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says

Aug 7 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Sinclair Ready to Talk Spectrum Deals with Starlink after Transition to NextGen TV

“I think the macro point is that this spectrum is very valuable,” Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley told Wall Street analysts yesterday

Aug 6 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Elon Musk's Message to Rival ISPs – More Pain on the Way

“It’s not out of the question that at some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world’s Internet,” Musk said on an Aug. 4 earnings call with…

Aug 5 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: FCC's E-Rate Program Splits Markey, Moulton in Their Second TV Primary Debate

After Markey plugged $80 billion in E-Rate spending since 1996, Moulton responded, ‘I don’t think that any family of teenagers out there tonight thinks…

Aug 4 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: ALLO Fiber or Fibber? Regional ISP Ditching Boulder, Colo., Pact after Finalizing Citywide Broadband Deal Just Last Year

Nebraska-based ALLO is asking Boulder officials to agree to a mutual termination of their Fiber Lease Agreement, with ALLO agreeing to forfeit a $1.5…

Aug 3 • Ted Hearn

July 2026

D.C. Memo: FCC Probing Recent Flurry of Big Four Affiliation Swaps – ‘This is not the Wild West ... It's not Nam,’ Chairman Carr Says

'We are taking investigatory action right now on at least one, if not more, of these affiliation transactions," Carr says in a July 30 interview with…

Jul 31 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Top House Democrat Attacks Musk over Gas-Powered Data Centers in Tennessee, Mississippi

Rep. Frank Pallone says the ‘rapid rollout of gas-powered turbines into vulnerable communities without adequate oversight or regulation creates a…

Jul 30 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Pay-TV Operators Accuse FCC of Flip-Flopping on Ways to Resolve Retransmission Consent Policy Disputes

American Television Alliance says FCC is issuing conflicting guidance on raising retransmission consent cost issues in connection with TV station…

Jul 29 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Japan’s SoftBank Gains FCC Approval to Acquire Regional ISP WideOpenWest

Agency clears way for WOW! to become one of the first U.S. broadband operators with majority Japanese ownership

Jul 28 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: SpaceX Test Drives Potent V3 Sats Targeting Urban America – Time for ISPs to Panic?

SpaceX is counting on greater data density and upgraded phased-array antennas 'to more efficiently serve customers simultaneously in both densely and…

Jul 27 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Charter Reports Weak Second Quarter, Dropping 172,000 Broadband Customers

Mobile growth slowed year over year while company continued to show video improvement owing to deep value from free apps given to expanded basic…

Jul 24 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Comcast Lost 167,000 Broadband Subs in Second Quarter, Slightly Worse Than Expected

Streamer Peacock posted its first‑ever quarterly profit, with EBITDA of $189 million and 2 million paid subscriber additions to reach 48 million

Jul 23 • Ted Hearn

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