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04/21/2026

Astound Joins Dish Wireless Lawsuit Frenzy

Astound Business Solutions—the business unit of telecom provider Astound Broadband—filed a lawsuit last week against Dish Wireless.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: american tower / Astound Broadband / Astound Business Solutions / AT&T / Comcast Business / Crown Castle / DISH Wireless / EchoStar / FCC / SpaceX
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04/21/2026

FCC Approves Sinclair License Transfer

The FCC Media Bureau granted a waiver of broadcast ownership rules, allowing Sinclair to own three television stations in the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazleton, Pennsylvania, DMA.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: CW / FCC / Fox / MyNetwork-TV / Sinclair
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04/20/2026

What’s Next for Nexstar

Late Friday, a federal judge did what most expected and issued a preliminary injunction putting a pause on the $6.2 billion merger of Nexstar and Tegna.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Altice / Brendan Carr / DirecTV / FCC / Joe Biden / Nexstar / Senate Commerce / TEGNA

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04/15/2026

Journalism Spotlighted in PSKY-WBD Hearing

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) held a spotlight hearing Wednesday regarding the $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery and how it will impact competition, jobs and consumer choice.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: CBS / M&A / Donald Trump / Paramount / Mergers / Cory Booker / David Ellison
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04/14/2026

Streamers on Sports Standby at FCC

The majority of commenters in the FCC’s sports programming docket seem to support broadcasters and their efforts to uproot the existing framework governing live rights deals.

By Noah Ziegler

Found in: ABC / NFL / NBC / Fox / NAB / FCC / NBA / Netflix / Brendan Carr / YouTube / SEC / Scripps / Big Ten / CTA / Warner Bros Discovery / Prime Video
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04/14/2026

FTC Negative Option Rule Draws Flood of Comments

Monday was the deadline for comments on the FTC’s proceeding to revisit its negative option rule.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: NCTA / FTC / ACA Connects

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Astound Joins Dish Wireless Lawsuit Frenzy

FCC Approves Sinclair License Transfer

What’s Next for Nexstar

Journalism Spotlighted in PSKY-WBD Hearing

Streamers on Sports Standby at FCC

FTC Negative Option Rule Draws Flood of Comments