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06/23/2025
Cable Rate Proceeding Pales Next to Broadcast Ownership
With an incoming FCC commissioner and a just-opened docket on relaxing broadcast media ownership rules, there is plenty to watch out for at the agency. But first up is Thursday’s open meeting.
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05/09/2025
Broadcasters Deregulation Dreams Riding High
Nexstar and Sinclair both reported earnings this week and a clear theme running through both is the hope that the Trump administration will lighten their regulatory load. Nexstar Chairman/CEO Perry Sook
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04/14/2025
Must Carry, All-In-Pricing Among Suggestions for Statute Scrapyard
FCC Chair Brendan Carr opening up a proceeding to ask what outdated federal regulations should be erased is like asking a child to write their Christmas wish list for Santa—don’t be surprised when they ask for a pony, a spaceship and no bedtime.
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03/21/2019
O’Rielly Calls For Modernizing Standards Around Video
FCC commish Michael O’Rielly was all about deregulation at ACA Connects Summit Wednesday, saying the “entire government oversight model for video services needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom.”
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05/01/2018
Speed of Change: Media Deregulation Moving Too Fast for Some
One year into its media deregulation campaign, the FCC is forging steadily ahead, but the agency is suddenly receiving calls to slow down—calls from small town America and from the halls of Congress alike.
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11/02/2017
Sinclair Praises FCC Deregulation, Pressures DOJ
Sinclair Broadcasting execs are thrilled with the FCC’s deregulatory agenda, which could help pave the way for the pending Tribune merger, but are growing frustrated with pushback from the Department of Justice.