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FCC Releases Draft Rulemaking To Create Enhanced A-CAM Program
Apr 28

Apr 28 FCC Releases Draft Rulemaking To Create Enhanced A-CAM Program

Tony Veach
A-CAM, A-CAM II, Broadband, Broadband Funding, FCC, ILEC, Rate-of-Return, Universal Service, USF

The FCC has released a draft version of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to create an enhanced A-CAM program.

Four Broadcast Television Affiliates Associations Want Compensation From Big Tech Platforms For Distribution Of News Content
Apr 21

Apr 21 Four Broadcast Television Affiliates Associations Want Compensation From Big Tech Platforms For Distribution Of News Content

Tony Veach
Broadcasters, OTT, Retransmisstion Consent, FCC

Representatives from ABC, CBS, FBC, and NBC met with FCC staff to discuss how changes in the video programming marketplace have threatened their advertising and subscription revenue streams.

FCC Broadband Data Collection - News Update
Apr 14

Apr 14 FCC Broadband Data Collection - News Update

Tony Veach
Broadband Data Collection, Broadband, Broadband Mapping, FCC, FCC Form 477

An update on news about the upcoming Broadband Data Collection - the FCC’s new broadband availability mapping efforts.

FCC Announces Release Of Preliminary Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric – Available To Fixed Broadband Service Providers
Apr 14

Apr 14 FCC Announces Release Of Preliminary Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric – Available To Fixed Broadband Service Providers

Tony Veach
Broadband, Broadband Data Collection, Broadband Mapping, FCC

The FCC has announced that a preliminary version of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric is now publicly available for fixed broadband service providers.

altafiber Files Retransmission Consent Complaint Against Cox; Claims Cox Wants Payment Of Retransmission Consent Fees For Non-Cable, Broadband-Only Subscribers
Apr 4

Apr 4 altafiber Files Retransmission Consent Complaint Against Cox; Claims Cox Wants Payment Of Retransmission Consent Fees For Non-Cable, Broadband-Only Subscribers

Tony Veach
Retransmisstion Consent, Video, Broadband

altafiber has filed a retransmission consent complaint against a CBS-affiliate managed by Cox Media Group, claiming Cox is demanding payment of a fee for virtually every non cable, broadband-only subscriber.

News Update - March 2022
Mar 31

Mar 31 News Update - March 2022

Tony Veach
News Update

An update on important news during March 2022.

FCC Adds Three Companies To List Of Prohibited Communications Equipment & Services: AO Kaspersky Lab, China Mobile International USA Inc., & China Telecom (Americas) Corp.
Mar 25

Mar 25 FCC Adds Three Companies To List Of Prohibited Communications Equipment & Services: AO Kaspersky Lab, China Mobile International USA Inc., & China Telecom (Americas) Corp.

Tony Veach
Covered List, National Security, FCC

The FCC has announced the addition of three companies to its list of prohibited communications equipment and services: AO Kaspersky Lab, China Mobile International USA Inc., and China Telecom (Americas) Corp.

FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund – RDOF News Update
Mar 25

Mar 25 FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund – RDOF News Update

Tony Veach
Broadband Funding, Broadband, FCC, RDOF, Rural Broadband

This post contains an update on the latest news about the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction.

Mergers & Acquisitions: Mesa Telecoms Investments Acquiring Dobson Fiber & Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
Mar 21

Mar 21 Mergers & Acquisitions: Mesa Telecoms Investments Acquiring Dobson Fiber & Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

Tony Veach
Mergers & Acquisitions, Universal Service, Rural Broadband, ILEC

The FCC is seeking comment on a Section 214 Application requesting consent for the indirect transfer of control of Dobson Fiber and its wholly-owned subsidiaries to Mesa Telecoms Investments, LLC.

FCC Releases Auction 108 Procedures – Bidding To Commence On July 29, 2022
Mar 21

Mar 21 FCC Releases Auction 108 Procedures – Bidding To Commence On July 29, 2022

Tony Veach
Spectrum, Spectrum Auctions

The FCC has announced the procedures to be used for Auction 108, which will make available approximately 8,000 new flexible-use, county-based overlay licenses in the 2.5 GHz band (2496–2690 MHz).

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Disclaimer: This blog is intended to inform the reader of recent developments related to communications law. It is not, and should not be considered as specific legal advice. The views articulated in this blog are attributed solely to the author; in no way do they implicate the author’s clients, past or present, or the author’s former employers.

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