FCC Getting New Round of Broadcast Ownership Input

Reply comments are due today at the FCC on its quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules. That means it’ll probably be Monday before the FCC posts them all, and while many comments are likely to restate entrenched positions, a few new threads may still emerge. Read More

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Verizon Clears Major Hurdle in Frontier Merger

After 16 public hearings, 500 comments, several testimonies and a number of settlements, the California Public Utilities Commission ended a years-long process Thursday when it voted to approve Verizon and Frontier Communication’s $20 billion merger. Read More

House Presses FCC on Independence, Broadcasters, Wireless

While Wednesday’s FCC oversight hearing with the House Communications subcommittee resembled the same line of questioning from Senate Commerce’s meeting with the agency, it was a chance for lawmakers to press on certain issues that remain relevant. Read More

How Xumo, DirecTV Are Fighting Fragmentation

In 2026, we’re all well aware of one video’s biggest problems: the proliferation of content spread across a landscape saturated by walled gardens has left consumers struggling to find what and where to watch programming. Read More

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Our Wildest 2026 Predictions

CFX Download is back and kicking off the year by predicting the major stories and twists that could shake up the industry in 2026. Read More

PSKY Hits Snag in WBD Lawsuit

Delaware Chancery Court judge Morgan T. Zurn rejected Paramount Skydance’s motion to expedite its lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery demanding the company be more transparent about why it chose Netflix’s offer. Read More

O’Rielly’s TMT Whiteboard: The Absurdity of ‘Cookie’ Notifications

we have a massively popular commerce and research platform that routinely disrupts efficient outcomes in order to deliver gazillions of questionable cookie warnings. Can’t something be done to stop this silliness? Read More

The Dish Wireless Aftermath

Crown Castle says Dish Wireless defaulted on its payment obligations for cell tower facilities that it leased and is seeking to recover more than $3.5 billion in remaining payments owed. But it’s not the only company complaining that Dish hasn’t paid them. Read More

Nats Have a New Home

The Nationals found a new broadcast partner after ending their relationship with the Orioles-owned MASN. Read More

Why CX Now Determines Fiber Economics

In this environment, the winners are no longer the fastest builders but the providers who put customer experience (CX) at the center of the order-to-install-to-cash lifecycle. Read More

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