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08/26/2026
PSKY-WBD Fight Goes to Supreme Court
Two red states are escalating the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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08/26/2026
FCC Clears PEG Captioning Paperwork
Cable operators were likely happy to see a new FCC order that exempts programmers that supply content exclusively to PEG channels or nonbroadcast networks from individually registering and certifying captioning compliance.
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08/25/2026
APCo: Comcast Underpaying For Poles
The power struggle between Comcast and Appalachian Power Company (APCo) continues, with the Virginia-based utility telling the FCC that the connectivity provider contends it should pay “next to nothing” for pole replacements.
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08/25/2026
Court Rejects FCC’s Party Ad Rate Rule
A federal appeals court granted a Petition for Review of a March FCC Media Bureau Public Notice that said broadcasters were obligated to give their Lowest Unit Rates not only to political candidates and their campaign committees, but also joint fundraising committees and candidate-coordinated political party ads.
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08/24/2026
NC Gov, Interest Groups Stand Up for Disney
One of the ABC stations owned by Disney up for early license renewal is WTVD, serving Raleigh, Durham and Fayetteville, North Carolina. On Friday, Tar Heel State Governor Josh Stein wrote the FCC in support of
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08/21/2026
Judge Sets Disney-FCC Hearing to October
Disney/ABC was hoping to get a hearing as early as next week on its lawsuit accusing the FCC of violating its First Amendment rights and retaliating against the company over its license renewals.