June 2025

The five-member Federal Communications Commission has just two commissioners—Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioner Anna Gomez.  Which means, for the first time since anyone can remember (perhaps ever), the FCC lacks a legal quorum to do business. So what happens? Does that mean the FCC just shuts down? Does the agency proceed on autopilot?

The tug of war over Hulu is over. Disney agreed to pay Comcast an additional $439 million for full control of the streaming service, ending a year and a half dispute over the amount. Disney had argued that it owed Comcast nothing beyond the $8.6 billion it already paid for Comcast’s 33 percent stake — and Comcast countered that Disney owed another $5 billion. Eventually, a third-party appraiser was brought in. The deal is expected to close by July 24. Robert A.

New Mexico is still without a permanent director for its Office of Broadband Access and Expansion following the departure of former acting director Drew Lovelace. Lovelace, who had served as acting director since September 2023, left the department on May 30, and seemed set to return to his prior position as the department’s operations manager. Instead, it appears that Lovelace has left the OBAE altogether, and no one has been appointed to take his place.  In the interim, Department of Information Technology Cabinet Secretary Manny Barreras is serving as the office’s acting director.