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Nexstar Pitches Investors on Reach, M&A, Deregulation and NextGen TV Opportunities
By George Winslow published
Broadcaster highlights significant upsides in new 3.0 revenue, retrans fees, FCC deregulation and media trends favoring broadcasters

IAB Releases Digital Advertising Invoice API Specifications for Public Comment
By George Winslow published
New industry framework is an important step forward in the effort to improve and speed up digital ad invoicing

FCC Expects Negligible Increase in Regulatory Fee Revenue from Broadcasters
By George Winslow published
Agency expects $51 million in regulatory fees from broadcasters to fund the Media Bureau in fiscal year 2025, about what it collected in 2024

SMPTE Introduces Catena Documents for Standardization
By Phil Kurz published
STANDARDS Move begins the official standardization process for an open-source common control plane

FCC Departures Could Delay Deregulation Efforts
By George Winslow published
Resignations of Geoffrey Starks, Nathan Simington leave agency without a quorum to act

Republican Nathan Simington to Leave the FCC
By George Winslow published
His decision to step down by the end of the week leaves the agency with only two commissioners

Simington Backs Idea That FCC Should Regulate YouTube TV, vMVPDs like Cable
By George Winslow published
REGULATORY AND STANDARDS “This loophole allows a handful of powerful players to grow larger and more monopolistic,” the FCC commissioner wrote in an op-ed

Gomez Criticizes FCC Delay in Implementing Multilingual WEA
By Tom Butts published
REGULATORY & STANDARDS ‘We cannot play politics with public safety,’ Democratic commissioner says
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