As FCC Chairman Wheeler has announced his plans to step down from his position, the agenda for the commission’s scheduled meeting today, Dec. 15, has been adjusted.

The White House’s proposed budget could very well bring some cuts to the FCC, financially and in terms of staff.

Congress does not want Tom Wheeler making any last minute push that it might not agree with.

Comcast is currently conducting employee trials for its Xi5 set-top box that supports HDR.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has made it a priority to implement the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, and with the adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) the organization looks to promote universal communication access for the blind and sight-impaired to popular video programming.

Deregulation proposals that were hinted at from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Oct. 25 will be made official Thursday, Oct. 26.

Ajit Pai saved some trees, set forth a broadband deployment agenda and held a brief but free-ranging press conference at his first general meeting as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

The holds issued by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on the re-nomination of Democratic FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel have been lifted.