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07/06/2026
Comcast’s Sky-ITV Deal Adds to U.K. Merger Plate
Everyone seems to be in the mood to merge—on both sides of the pond. Comcast announced a $2.13 billion deal Monday that will see its U.K. media and connectivity company Sky acquire the country’s biggest commercial broadcaster ITV.
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07/01/2026
Dissecting the FCC’s C-Band Draft Order
As promised, the FCC published the draft item for its proposed C-band auction rules Wednesday.
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07/01/2026
PSKY’s EU Concessions
Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery faces an uncertain future with U.K. regulators and U.S. state attorneys general, but it’s making progress with the European Commission.
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07/01/2026
FTC Policy Statement Takes Aim at State AI Laws
The FTC has proposed a policy statement warning that AI companies secretly steering their systems toward undisclosed ideological goals may be deceiving consumers in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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07/01/2026
$256.68 Billion
As usual, so many things are happening at once in the telecom world that between the time I planned this column and today I could have chosen any one of several hot topics.
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06/30/2026
FCC to Vote on C-Band Auction Rules
CTIA was thrilled Tuesday with FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s announcement that the agency will vote July 22 on an order to auction 160 MHz of spectrum in the Upper C-Band (3.98-4.14 GHz) next year that’s expected to raise billions of dollars.