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Carr Says FCC's 2022 Quadrennial Review ‘Will Be Inspired' by Court Ruling Eliminating Some Ownership Rules
By George Winslow published
The ruling ‘makes clear the deregulatory intent that Congress had when it set the FCC down on this path of the quadrennial reviews,’ Carr says

Skydance to FCC: Paramount Will End DEI, Impose Controls to Ensure ‘Unbiased Journalism’
By George Winslow published
Business Chair Brendan Carr applauds promises to create an ombudsman for CBS News; Democrat Anna Gomez says New Paramount will ‘cowardly capitulate’ to ‘agency's ideological demands’

U.S. Appeals Court Vacates FCC’s Top-Four Station Ownership Rule
By George Winslow published
NAB, FCC chair Brendan Carr applaud 8th Circuit’s ruling overturning FCC rules that station groups can’t own more than one of the four most-watched TV stations in a market

FCC Settles Kidvid Cases With More Broadcasters
By George Winslow published
Agency has entered into consent decrees with broadcasters in a 2018 case

SiliconDust Identifies ATSC 3.0 Security Authority as DRM Culprit in FCC Comments
By Phil Kurz published
The manufacturer submitted ex parte comments addressing Pearl TV’s assertions

Jerald Fritz: Broadcasters, Manufacturers Must Align on NextGen TV Transition
By George Winslow published
CTA’s opposition to tuner mandates ‘is equivalent to saying … that no new 5G or 6G phone can be sold until every existing 3G user can use the new tech,’ former ONE Media exec argues

FCC Announces Busy Agenda for August Open Meeting
By George Winslow published
Aug. 7 meeting will include votes on such topics as EAS, disaster reporting, deleting obsolete broadcast regs and the buildout of advanced telecommunications capabilities

CTA Blasts Pearl TV’s ‘Conflict of Interest’ Claims on NextGen TV Tuner Mandates
By George Winslow published
‘This is the NAB playbook: if consumers aren’t choosing your tech organically, demand the government make them,’ says CTA CEO Gary Shapiro

Pearl TV Tells FCC: Huawei Chipset Reason for Inability to Decrypt 3.0 Programming
By Phil Kurz published
SiliconDust argues the broadcast business group’s underlying premise is flawed

FCC Releases Details of Its Plans to Review Emergency Alert System
By George Winslow published
In August, the commission will vote on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will re-examine alerting systems ‘from the ground up and explore … fundamental changes to these systems’
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