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Point-Counterpoint: Should Paramount Plus Be Thrown Off the Mountain?

In our latest ‘Next Text,’ we don't want to call David Bloom an ignorant anything, but our columnist does try to use his fancy, well-deduced logic to undermine a streaming business with 70 million users

Broadcasting & Cable

Totalenergies To Restart Port Arthur Refinery Operations In Texas

TotalEnergies is gearing up to restart its FCC unit at the Port Arthur refinery, a move set to boost production and supply chain operations.

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Sinclair Says FCC Deregulation Needed for Local Journalism to Thrive

FCC filing urges the agency to relax ownership rules, boost ATSC 3.0 and change vMVPD rules

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FCC Increases Broadband Speed Benchmark to 100 Mbps

The FCC updates its standard for its broadband baseline to 100 Mbps down and 20 Megabits up from the previous baseline of 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up

TV Tech

'Ashanti Alert' Code Advances at FCC

The proposed code would support alerts for missing and endangered persons

TV Tech

US government probing security risks of mobile devices using Russian or Chinese satellites

The potential security risks are currently unknown, so the FCC has turned to mobile phone manufacturers for answers

TechRadar

You're probably paying more for cable TV than you should — FCC has a plan to change that

Tired of paying more for cable TV than the listed price? The FCC passed new rules requiring cable companies to be more transparent with pricing, eliminating junk fees.

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FCC quadruples requirements for basic broadband service — 100Mbps download and 20Mbps upload are now the base standard

The FCC released a new report which sets the broadband benchmark from 100 Mbps download speed while emphasizing the slow internet deployment in villages and

Tom’s Hardware

If you have up to 25Mbps broadband speeds you no longer have broadband

It's official: if you're not getting three-digit download speeds, you're not getting proper broadband

FCC Cracks Down on Pay TV ‘Junk Fees’: New ‘All-In Pricing’ Order Forces Cable and Satellite Operators To Advertise One All-Inclusive Price for Linear Video Service

ACA Connects pushes back, claiming the order fails to account for the No. 1 driver of ‘sticker shock,’ broadcast retransmission fees

Multichannel News

FCC Ups Benchmarks for Broadband Speed

FCC sets 100 Mbps as standard for downloads, 20 Mbps for uploads, up from 2015 benchmark of 25/3

Multichannel News

FCC Requests 14.8% Increase in Regulatory Fee Authority

The fiscal 2024 budget request asks for $448,075,000 in budget authority from regulatory fee offsetting collections

TV Tech

We just got another hint that the Sonos headphones are launching soon

The Sonos headphones have cleared one key regulatory hurdle, suggested they'll arrive soon.

TechRadar

FCC investigating AT&T after widespread outage

The Federal Communications Commission is conducting a “thorough” investigation of the February outage at AT&T.

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Nexstar Blasts FCC 720K Fine in Retrans Case as “Irrational and Punitive”

The FCC had fined Nexstar for violating good faith rules in its negotiations with Hawaiian Telecom Services

TV Tech

FCC Chair Urges Congress to Restore Spectrum Auction Authority

FCC’s authority to auction unused spectrum has been in limbo since Congress allowed it to lapse in March 2023

TV Tech

Broadcasters Have Garnered the Lion’s Share of 2024 Campaign TV Ad Spend

Rossum: $62.7M has been spent on TV campaigns in the past six months

TechRadar

FCC and crypto firms are being hit in advanced phishing attacks using fake Okta logins

A new phishing kit is being used to create believable login pages, where crooks can steal even MFA codes.

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Ergen’s EchoStar Concedes ‘Substantial Doubt’ About Its Future

With one analyst calling its debt situation ‘dire,’ the Dish Network parent company admits to the SEC there is doubt about its ability to continue as a ‘going concern’

Tom’s Guide

I'd love a Peacock merger with Paramount Plus — here's why it probably won't happen

I'd love a Peacock merger with Paramount Plus so we have one desirable streaming service rather than two less desirable ones. Here's why government regulations mean it probably won't happen unless these two streaming services get creative.

TV Tech

Nexstar Asks Court to Overturn Station Ownership Rules

Recent FCC order “tightens media ownership rules in spite of the statute’s clear deregulatory purpose and the lack of basis for such tightening” Nexstar argued

TV Tech

NAB Opposes FCC’s Proposed Blackout Reporting Rules

Proposal would exceed FCC’s “very limited authority relating to retransmission consent,” and might make blackouts more common, the NAB argued

TV Tech

NAB’s New Policy Agenda Includes Local Journalism, AI, NextGen TV and vMVPDs

The NAB has released its policy agenda for 118th Congress for local TV and radio stations

TV Tech

U.S. Senators Back Fox’s WTXF-TV License Renewal

Both U.S. Senators from Penn. told the FCC the station is “a reliable local media outlet that helps residents stay connected to their community and current events”

Roll Call

Funding at risk for program that helps millions afford internet - Roll Call

More than 20 million low-income households may be priced out of internet access as Congress dallies over funding a federal program.

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