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Senator Wicker Introduces STELAR Renewal
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) has introduced a clean renewal of the STELAR Act with yet another name, the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization (STAR) Act. STELAR, and if it passes, STAR, provides for a compulsory license allowing satellite operators--Dish and DirecTV--to import distant network affiliated TV station signals to markets that lack them.
New Street Research: Altice's 19K Long Island Small Cells Aren't Boosting Sprint's Network (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 16:18Leichtman Research Group: Pay TV Now Infiltrates Only 75% of Households, Down From 84% Five Years Ago (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 12:44Democratic Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer Proposes $135 Billion for Rural Broadband
As part of his just-announced "Partnership with Rural Communities," Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer has proposed a massive rural broadband connectivity program that includes $135 billion in investment and "protecting" municipal and co-op broadband networks. "The modern economy is a knowledge economy," Steyer's plan points out. "Full participation in commerce depends on reliable, fast, affordable access to the Internet.
Verizon Fios TV Lost 67K More Customers in Q3 as Platform Continues to Slip into Irrelevancy (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 14:27Padden: Private C-Band Deals Would Hardly Be Unprecedented (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 14:27House Communications Subcommittee Members Lean Toward Public Auction of C-Band in Hearing (Updated)
House Communications Subcommittee members appeared to be clearly favoring a Federal Communications Commission-led public auction of C-Band spectrum rather a private sale.