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D.C. Memo: Biden Judge Hands Round 1 to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in Dispute with Disney/ABC
Following a September briefing schedule, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan plans to hold a hearing the week of Oct. 5 – sooner if the FCC directs ‘any…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: FCC Chairman Carr Protects Radio Jobs as Cumulus Media’s Reorganization Gains Agency Approval
‘We commit to maintaining our existing newsroom staffing levels for a minimum of two years ...’ President and CEO Mary G. Berner tells Carr ahead of FCC…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: With RDOF-Era Clairvoyance, FCC Democrat Anna Gomez Once Again Relegates Starlink to the ISP Underclass
“Until it is proven to me that [LEOs] have the capacity and the latency able to serve in our artificial intelligence economy, then I’m not convinced…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: New York’s Two Major Broadband Grant Programs Delivering Fewer Connections At Higher Costs, Study Finds
Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute study says New York grant amounts have risen by about $38 million across programs, while the number of…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: DuJuan McCoy Slams National Association of Black Journalists for Giving Him ‘Troubling’ Award at Gala Event in Atlanta
NABJ hands African-American McCoy, CEO of Circle City Broadcasting, a 'Thumbs Down’ award over vaguely described concerns about his treatment of Black…
D.C. Memo: NT&T’s Collapse Forces Thousands in Five States to Find New Phone and Internet Providers Fast
An FCC filing shows the Nebraska carrier will shut down all services by Sept. 30 after wholesale partners cut off access, leaving 3,756 customers with…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: Texas Puts BEAD Funding on Hold Over Allegations of Favoritism to Starlink
About $1.2 billion in limbo as the Texas Broadband Development Office deals with criticism, apparently encouraged by Starlink rival Amazon Leo, over how…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: LPTV Stations Pitch FCC on New Datacasting Plan That Preserves Free TV
Unlike HC2 Broadcasting, XGN/X1 Mobile and Tyche Media promise to transmit at least one free over‑the‑air 720p program stream. Proposal would not be…
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: FCC's Trusty Does Not Believe in the Great Starlink Replacement Theory
'Satellite connectivity is not replacing fiber. It is complementing fiber,' Trusty said Monday in a speech in the Dominican Republic
 • Ted Hearn
D.C. Memo: TV Stations ‘Sitting on a Gold Mine of Spectrum,” Scripps CEO Adam Symson Says
The new bullish spectrum comments came just days after Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley said he was open to spectrum deals with Elon Musk's Starlink…
 • Ted Hearn
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
 • 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
 • Ted Hearn
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