Last week, the FCC adopted rules requiring satellite carriers to transmit the analog and digital signals of TV broadcast stations located in Alaska and Hawaii, as required by Section 210 of the ...

Although the pending merger between DirecTV and EchoStar contributed to a scaled back 2002 Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA) convention, it was business as usual for the two ...

The nation’s two direct broadcast satellite service providers, in addition to vMVPD Fubo, conservative-leaning cable network Newsmax, and four public interest groups have written to Congressional ...

The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to consider prohibiting certain billing practices of cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers. Specifically, the FCC is ...

WASHINGTON—Cable operators are calling on the FCC to level the regulatory fee playing field and require satellite operators (DBS) to match their cable fees. This comes from the latest batch of ...

The American Cable Association (ACA) on Friday noted that it “appreciates” the progress the FCC has been making to shrink the gulf in regulatory fees paid by cable and IPTV providers and Direct ...

On June 20, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to require cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) ...

The usual hoopla that surrounds new direct broadcast satellite TV products and programs was expected to be a little more subdued at this year’s Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association ...

NEW YORK — DBS provider EchoStar has raised the stakes in its battle with digital cable ops for video and broadband subscribers, inking a wide-ranging partnership with SBC Communications that will see ...

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) reminds analog and digital television broadcast stations, analog and digital cable ...