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FCC Launches Inquiry Into Broadcast Sports Rights
By George Winslow published
The NAB applauded the move by the Media Bureau to seek public comments on such issues as the shift of rights away from free-to-air broadcasts

DirecTV Study Finds Consolidation Decreases `Quality’ and `Diversity' of Local News
By George Winslow published
The study filed with the FCC found that in `the majority of duopolies, triopolies, and quadropolies’ station groups offered `essentially the same local news’

Blumenthal Seeks FCC Records on ‘Weaponization’ of Equal Time Rule
By George Winslow published
FCC Democratic senator says the agency’s new guidance for talk and late-night TV is a ‘partisan censorship scheme’

When It Comes to the Upper C-Band, Wireless Carriers Want More
By Randy J. Stine published
5G and 6G service providers pressure the FCC for more spectrum for new services

Opinion: Enough Is Enough—Broadcasters Don’t Own the Airwaves
By Michael Petricone published
OPINION CTA says broadcasters don't deserve any 'special favors' when it comes to ownership

FCC Approves Transfers of Three Station Licenses to Sinclair
By George Winslow published
The transfers had been opposed by DirecTV who contended they would increase retrans fees and programming prices for consumers

FCC Chair Carr Urges Broadcasters to Air `Patriotic, Pro-America Programming’
By George Winslow published
He has established a voluntary `Pledge America Campaign’ for broadcasters to support America’s 250th Birthday

NAB Urges FCC to Tamp Down Reallocation Plans for Upper C-Band
By Randy J. Stine published
Compressing services into less spectrum creates a “Tetris-like” problem, NAB commented
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