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06/02/2021
People
Two Crown Media Family Networks executives resigned on Wednesday. Erin McIlvain was evp, content strategy & distribution and Kristen Roberts was evp, pricing, planning & revenue management. Crown Media’s management team will begin a search for their replacements. — Derek Chang was named CEO of content protection services company Friend MTS. Chang has held leadership […]
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05/20/2021
Broadband Bill Removes ETC Requirement
Cable has long complained that the FCC ’s Universal Service Fund programs limit participation by requiring providers to have designation as eligible telecommunications carriers. A new bill will eliminate that requirement.
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03/22/2021
Inside the Beltway
President Biden intends to nominate antitrust expert Lina Khan as a FTC commissioner. Khan is an associate law professor at Columbia Law School who has previously served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. — Rep GK Butterfield(D-NC) said he plans to soon reintroduce his Expanding Opportunities for […]
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06/19/2020
O’Rielly Joins ETC Chorus
FCC commish Mike O’Rielly is in favor of eliminating the requirement that auction winners for money to support broadband buildout be designated eligible telecommunications carriers.
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06/12/2020
Getting the ETC Out of USF
Rep GK Butterfield (D-NC) introduced the “Expanding Opportunities for Broadband Deployment Act,” which eliminates the requirement that only ISPs designated as eligible telecommunications carriers may receive USF dollars.