John Eggerton
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Tech, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Cable group says broadcasters offered no convincing evidence of issues for newsgatherers

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Tees up latest biennial communications competition report

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Calls comments 'self-serving' and an effort to relitigate retransmission consent

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Says quadrennial needs to be completed with or without fifth commissioner

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Group is tracking violations of press freedoms

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Commission cited rise in streaming as one reason for adjusting rule

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Faces second round of questions on her nomination to FCC seat

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Would appear to remove one objection to Gigi Sohn as FCC commissioner

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FCC cites complaints about difficulty of changing settings

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Asks FCC for exemption from ATSC 1.0 simulcast rule

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Said FCC broadcast reg review must reckon with that

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Said new directive could throw wrench in their business

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Says it is looking to refresh record since 2018 proposal

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Say decision to eliminate, loosen, ownership regs was not arbitrary of capricious

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Higher corporate taxes will help pay for massive infrastructure reboot

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Dueling meetings pitch very different views

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Chair of House Antitrust Subcommittee said Google, Facebook power must be curbed

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Has helped ramp up video-on-demand for for-profit joint operation

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Says letters to distributors about Fox News and others chills speech

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Had been on House communications subcommittee

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Frames it as part of larger issue of increasing fees and blackouts

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Stations back on in six markets

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Both sides seek resolution of years-long legal "groundhog day"
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