Latest about Brendan Carr
FCC Opens Investigation Into Comcast’s Relations With Affiliates
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’
FCC Approves $8 Billion Skydance-Paramount Merger
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
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
U.S. Appeals Court Vacates FCC’s Top-Four Station Ownership Rule
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
Agency has entered into consent decrees with broadcasters in a 2018 case
FCC Chair Outlines Busy Summer Agenda That Includes Major EAS Vote
‘In three weeks, we will vote to begin a ground-up re-examination of the Emergency Alert Systems,’ Carr said
TV Tech’s Top Regulatory Stories of 2025
Our most popular regulatory stories of the first half of 2025 highlight growing interest in contentious government policies
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for July Open Meeting
Agency to consider eliminating unnecessary rules, AWS-3 spectrum auction and Truth-in-Billing rules
