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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

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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

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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

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

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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

TV Tech

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.

TechRadar

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’

Broadcasting & Cable

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.

Tom’s Guide

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

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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.

TV Tech

FCC Celebrates Tech Emmy Award

The Emmy was given in recognition for the innovative design of the Broadcast Incentive Auction, which cleared 84 MHz of spectrum and resulted in $19.8 billion in gross auction revenues

TV Tech

FCC March Meeting Agenda Includes Votes on New EAS & Cable Pricing Initiates

Other items on the tentative agenda for the March 14 meeting include “re-defining ‘high-speed’ internet to match market realities”

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Poll: Majority Oppose Regulating Streaming Services like Cable

The survey commissioned by an opponent of the regulation found that 57% oppose regulating vMVPDs like cable

TV Tech

FCC Tackles ‘All-In’ Price Clarity For Cable, Satellite TV Video Services

The proposal has the backing of FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel

Tom’s Guide

AT&T service ‘fully restored’ after massive outage — here’s what we know

AT&T customers woke up with their phones in SOS mode apparently due to a service disruption that has knocked down cellular service and internet, but it has finally been restored.

Reason

Prof. Thomas Merrill on "Does Chevron Mandate Brand X?"

I'm delighted to pass along this item from Prof. Thomas Merrill (Columbia), whom readers might remember as a guest-blogger from a couple of years ago, and who is the author of The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise, and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State (2022): In Loper Bright Enterprises…

TV Tech

NATAS Announces Recipients Of 2024 Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards

Honorees include BBC, NBC, DirecTV, CommScope, Amagi, Pluto TV, Turner, MLB, the FCC, and others

TV Tech

FCC Chair Rosenworcel Proposes New Emergency Alerts for Missing and Endangered Persons

The proposal allow the FCC to add a new alert option to deliver critical messages over television and radio about missing and endangered persons

Digital Camera World

What's the “Countering CCP Drones Act'? Is Congress about to ban DJI drones?

New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik has pushed her “Countering CCP Drones Act" through committee

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