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Regulation
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07/31/2026
What’s Ahead for Programmer Earnings
A busy earnings season will next see the programmers step onto the stage. Up next week are Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery, Nexstar, Fox Corp., Versant, Disney and more. You can guess what will be on the minds of several of these companies: consolidation and the regulatory challenges involved.
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05/29/2026
NAB Joins Nexstar Appeal-Sort Of
DirecTV and a coalition of state AGs aren’t buying Nexstar and Tegna’s argument that they need an expedited appeal of a preliminary injunction preventing their combination. Meanwhile, NAB’s trying to stay neutral.
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06/02/2025
FBA Works to Keep Fiber Front and Center
The uncertainty over the $42.5 billion BEAD program hangs over the Fiber Connect conference in Nashville like an unwanted party crasher.
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05/12/2025
People
INCOMPAS (The Internet and Competitive Networks Association) has appointed Staci Pies as SVP of Government Affairs and
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05/08/2025
Cable Tells FCC to Say No to Forced ATSC 3.0 Transition
Cable is pushing back against a broadcast proposal for a mandatory ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV transition, saying it would be costly and unwanted by consumers. NAB wants the FCC to require most stations to fully transition to ATSC 3.0 by February 2028.
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05/07/2025
Effros: Pendulums Break
when it comes to law and regulations, particularly in telecommunications, things get a little sticky. The underlying reason given for being more averse to blatant bias or discrimination has always been, especially in the context of broadcast law, that we’re dealing with a very limited commodity: the broadcast spectrum.