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O'Rielly Grills USAC on WAN Overbuilds

FCC commissioner Michael O'Rielly wants some answers out of the head of the Universal Service Administrative Co. about whether government broadband subsidies should be used to subsidies wide area networks (WANS) where government subsidies have already been used to lay fiber. USAC administers the ...

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Reports: Amazon, Sinclair Join Yankees on $3.5B YES Network Deal

A partnership including online retailing giant Amazon, Sinclair Broadcast Group and the New York Yankees baseball club is close to finalizing a deal to buy the YES Network regional sports network for $3.5 billion, according to several reports. The deal, which is expected to be announced today, is ...

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Warren Outlines Plan to Cut Big Tech Down to Size

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has made it official. If she is elected, she will try to break up Facebook, Amazon and Google, including by imposing "utility-style" regulation and adopting a form of edge net neutrality. "[M]y Administration will make big, structural changes to the tech ...

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Shine Out as White House Communications Director

Bill Shine, assistant to the President and communications director for the Trump White House, has resigned, but will move to the President's 2020 re-election team. The departure of Shine, former Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network co-president, came the same week The New Yorker published a ...

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SERIES MANIA FORUM UNVEILS PROFESSIONAL VR PROGRAMME INCLUDING NEW VR SERIES PITCHING SESSIONS

LILLE, FRANCE – March 8, 2019 – Following the announcement of the distinguished list of speakers for Lille Transatlantic Dialogues, Ms. Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, announced today the final part of its 2019 professional program of Series Mania Forum: the ...

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NBC Sports Has Six Nations Rugby March 9-10

Coverage of Six Nations rugby continues on NBC Sports the weekend of March 9-10. Streaming platform NBC Sports Gold has Scotland versus Wales live in Edinburgh at 9:15 a.m. ET March 9, and NBCSN has the match on delay at 12:30. That same day, England faces Italy in London live on NBC Sports Gold ...

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Viewership Deep Dive: How Audiences of Hit Animated TV Shows Compare

In the just over 29 years since The Simpsons arrived on TV, we’ve seen a sustained boom in animated comedy shows geared toward teens and adults. We decided to examine the audiences of not only Matt Groening’s classic creation, but other Fox animated hits Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy and American ...

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Tu Resigns From CBS as Chief Legal Officer

Lawrence Tu, the chief legal officer at CBS has resigned, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Tu will be succeeded by Laura Franco, who has been with CBS for 23 years and is currently executive VP-associate general counsel. Tu is the latest of senior executives ...

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Clyburn to Head INCOMPAS Connectivity Effort

INCOMPAS, which represents competitive carriers and edge providers, has tapped former FCC commissioner and chairwoman Mignon Clyburn to head a new campaign focused on boosting "tech innovation and inclusion" in rural America. Specifically, she will be working on boosting connectivity and ...

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