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FCC Opens Investigation Into Comcast’s Relations With Affiliates
By George Winslow published
In a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, FCC chair Brendan Carr expressed concerns that NBC and other networks are attempting ‘to extract onerous financial and operational concessions from local broadcast TV stations’

AWARN Meets With FCC to Discuss Emergency Alerting During ATSC 3.0 Transition
By Phil Kurz published
NEXTGEN TV Alliance’s leadership met with the Media and Public Safety Bureaus, as well as staffers for two commissioners, last week

Pearl TV Doubles Down on ‘National Security Threat’ Posed by SiliconDust's 3.0 Tuners
By Phil Kurz last updated
NextGen TV In comments to the FCC, NextGen TV advocacy group reiterates that the manufacturer uses a Huawei chip

Univision Pays $300,000 to Settle FCC Investigation into Kidvid Violations
By George Winslow published
As part of the Consent Decree, the regulator is renewing 41 TV stations licenses

Weigel Broadcasting Pushes Back on Proposals for ATSC Sunset
By George Winslow published
In a meeting with FCC staff representatives of the broadcaster opposed the NAB’s plans for a “flash cut” from ATSC to ATSC 3.0

FCC Approves $8 Billion Skydance-Paramount Merger
By George Winslow published
The regulator highlighted Skydance’s commitment to end DEI, provide “unbiased” news coverage and invest in "localism"

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’
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