NAB Urges Congress to Curb NFL Antitrust Exemption
D.C. Memo: @nabtweets Tells Congress to Limit @NFL Antitrust Exemption to Broadcast TV Distribution Deals; Added as a witness Tuesday, Democratic @FCC Commissioner @AGomezFCC says her agency is powerless to make meaningful updates to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 https://t.co/nf5ZRKKFVu
FCC to Impose 120-Day Deadline on Slow Broadband Projects
D.C. Memo: @BrendanCarrFCC Ready to Slap 120-Day Deadline on States, Cities Slow Rolling Broadband Construction Builds | At the agency’s June 25 meeting, Carr plans to propose regulations intended to ensure that deployment projects are not ‘tied up in...
Arctic Fiber Failures Question Viability For
D.C. Memo: Is Fiber the Right Technology for Alaska? @GCIAK Rushing to Fix New Subsea Fiber Tear in the Aleutians | GCI is also buying Quintillion, which suffered a fiber break in the Beaufort Sea in 2025 that could not...
American Airlines Joins Rivals to Install Starlink by 2027
D.C. Memo: @AmericanAir, Joining Rivals @united and @SouthwestAir, Agrees to Install @Starlink in 2027 | https://t.co/xsLyegXNjC
Illinois Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill Shielding Broadband From Junk Fees
D.C. Memo: Illinois @GovPritzker to Sign 'Junk Fees' Bill That Exempts Broadband ISPs, Cable TV, and Satellite TV | 'Illinois consumers have been nickel-and-dimed out of thousands of dollars per year by unnecessary and deceptive junk fees,' Pritzker...
Sen. Baldwin Pushes Free TV Access to Packers Game
Waiting on reaction to @packers game on Thanksgiving eve from Sen. @tammybaldwin, who dropped a bill in April that would allow all Wisconsin residents to see the game on free TV or on a streaming service that made the game...
Broadband Growth, Regulation Battles, and Leadership Changes Dominate Telecom News
Policyband Headlines ■ @Amazon-backed Report: LEO Broadband Could Add $863 Billion to Global GDP by 2035 ■ @GCIAK Liberty Calls Off Investment in Liberty Latin America ■ ATVA Accuses @WeAreSinclair of Creating Big Four Loopholes ■ @POTUS Signs @SenCapito USF Reform Bill ■ @NTIAgov...
Washington Commanders' 2025‑26 Games Stay on Free TV
Hang on, @crupicrupicrupi Every Washington @Commanders game in 2025-26 was on free broadcast TV in the local market. That's not to deny that @NFL games are migrating to @PrimeVideo and @netflix https://t.co/PbxZlIvPd9
FCC Seeks No Deadline, Vows Same-Year Vote on Nexstar
In a filing today, @FCC lawyers asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit not to set a deadline for the agency to vote on the Media Bureau's March 19 approval of @NXSTMediaGroup -@TEGNA merger. Still, the agency...
Fiber Pivots Lift Shentel, TDS Amid Cable Sell‑off
D.C. Memo: Wall Street Keeps Selling Cable Stocks While the S&P 500 Hits All-Time Highs; @Shentel and @tdstelecom stand apart from the carnage, likely because their bold pivot to fiber keeps yielding net subscriber additions https://t.co/fduK7S6GKB https://t.co/cRG24KNbKl
Most NFL Viewing Costs Are Just Cable Fees
"In September, The Athletic calculated that watching major @NFL games last season would cost more than $600," @retauber of @TheAthletic reports. But isn't 85% of that six months of cable, satellite, or @YouTubeTV? Every Washington @Commanders game was aired on...
Judge Seeks Two‑week Extension Amid Packed Schedule
FWIW: He's also incredibly busy. He just asked the DC Circuit for an unopposed two-week extension to reply to an @FCC motion in the @NXSTMediaGroup-@TEGNA merger case because his schedule is so jammed ... https://t.co/iuOViZGyxK
NESN App Costs $1.41 per Sox Game, Extra Fees Looming
So, @Dave_Dyer @PressHerald: @NESN app has 145 @RedSox games in 2026 (at 89.5%, isn't that a super-majority?) The app is $29.99 a month, which comes to $205.03 for the seven-month @MLB campaign. Not bad, at $1.41 a game. (Do MLB...
D.C. Circuit Challenges FCC's Judicial Review Evasion
'D.C. Circuit Probes FCC’s Evasion of Judicial Review' @EdWhelanEPPC | What is the point here? @FCC procedures should change because a deal is controversial? The same review process was followed below and the parties are awaiting action by the full...
FCC Reverses Rosenworcel's Net Neutrality, Homework Gap Policies
D.C. Memo: Democrat @JRosenworcel Progressive @FCC Legacy Resides on @Wikipedia, Not in the Federal Code. The Biden FCC’s hard pivot left on Net Neutrality and Digital Discrimination lost in federal court, and FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC dismantled...