Archive - Policyband

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

D.C. Memo: Seafaring Cable Guy Lou Borrelli Sure Likes His Starlink Mini from Stem to Stern

The NCTC CEO, a sailor who relies on his Mini on the high seas, questioned broadband subsidies: ‘If we're all being brutally honest, does anybody think…

Jul 22 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: California Plan Proves BEAD Not a Taxpayer-Funded Sop to Starlink, Amazon LEO

California's BEAD plan approved by NTIA on July 17 cut the number of LEO locations by 47%, from 138,000 to 73,000 – more proof that LEOs will not walk…

Jul 21 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Senate Majority Leader Thune Backs Bill to Improve FCC Broadband Mapping and Challenge Process

'I thank FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for supporting our efforts and for his continued commitment to connecting households across our country to the…

Jul 20 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Roth's Speech Backing Technological Neutrality Hits a Nerve at Fiber Trade Group

FBA CEO Gary Bolton, hoping to trim Trump administration support for LEOs and FWA, calls fiber 'fundamentally different' from other broadband…

Jul 17 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: FCC's Carr Moves to Help TV Stations on Ownership. But is Washington Too Late with a Helping Hand?

FCC Chairman wants to replace the rigid 39% cap with a flexible, case-by-case approach to determine whether a TV station transaction will serve the…

Jul 16 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: NTIA’s Roth Calls Technological Neutrality the Right Policy Approach Confirmed by History

She says in a speech today at the American Enterprise Institute that government policy based on a technology being considered ‘future proof’ will stifle…

Jul 15 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: California Democrat Rob Bonta Strikes Again

Golden State’s Attorney General forms 12-state coalition to block Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, hoping to reprise success in halting…

Jul 14 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: SpaceX Set to Deploy V3 LEOs in New Starship Test That Wall Street Will Watch with Keen Interest

NextGen LEOs pack a punch: 1 Tbps of downlink and 200 Gbps of uplink capacity per satellite or more than 10 times the bandwidth of V2 models, becoming a…

Jul 13 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: D.C. Circuit Tosses Challenges to FCC Approval of the Nexstar-TEGNA Merger

Three-judge panel basically says DIRECTV and cable trade groups jumped the gun in attempting to force judicial review of the Media Bureau’s March 19…

Jul 10 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Sen. Markey to 'Step Down' in 2032 If He Wins a New Six-Year Term in 2026

Following his first election debate with Rep. Seth Moulton in Chicopee, Markey, 79, tells reporters he needs a new term to finish his ‘progressive…

Jul 9 • Ted Hearn

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