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U.K. regulators weighing whether to approve Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery must now tackle another merger that hits much closer to home.

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Conference realignment is alive and well. The Mountain West and Pac-12 started new chapters Wednesday, and while both boast new rosters of members, they're also examples of how much media has shaped college athletics.

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Monday kicked off with the surprise announcement that Comcast is spinning off NBCUniversal so that each company can put better focus on its respective strategic goals. However, the rumor mill is just getting started.

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🚨 Comcast is spinning off NBCUniversal in a tax-free deal covering streaming, TV, film, theme parks and Sky.

The move raises the question: what might Comcast do next?

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The FCC's June Open Meeting moved five items forward Thursday. But the bigger story is what the Commission might look like by the time July's meeting arrives.

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An overarching wish in the FCC's Communications Marketplace Report docket was that legislators would refrain from adding more regulations to worry about, but that doesn’t mean groups aren’t hoping to see certain areas revisited for potential reform.

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Race Communications has dropped $200 million this year expanding fiber across California, but it's done so without tapping into public funds. CFX spoke with the CEO about what's fueling the push.

https://t.co/1x8uDdQJSR

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ABC is fighting its FCC battles in the court of public opinion now. The network launched spots this week urging viewers to file comments in two separate proceedings.

The FCC, however, thinks ABC and Disney are "misleading viewers."

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DirecTV objected to another broadcast station deal at the FCC. The Media Bureau rejected it again—and the order's tone indicated quite a bit.

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FAST's survival is no longer the question. Its evolution is.

As free ad-supported streaming expands into live news and sports, the players who got in early are navigating a very different landscape than the one they built.

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Comcast is now offering same-day WiFi in nearly 20 markets, with a full rollout expected by early next year. It's the latest step in a broader effort to win back broadband customers.

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Fox is buying Roku for roughly $22 billion, transforming from a content supplier into one of the biggest players in streaming distribution overnight.

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Broadcaster M&A looked like a layup back in February. A lot has changed since then.

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The World Cup is two weeks away, and Comcast is ready with wall-to-wall coverage on Telemundo and an Xfinity X1 experience built to match the moment.

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Charlie Ergen is diving into low-power TV through a deal with HC2 Broadcasting—and 5G Broadcast technology is believed to be the real play here.

https://t.co/MRRRg9OYvz

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Mobile isn't just for the large cable operators. @Midcontinent recently launched Midco Mobile across its full footprint, and it took a unique approach to get the rollout right.

https://t.co/bJefC73I7b

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The battle over Nexstar's merger with Tegna is getting messier by the week.

DirecTV and state AGs aren't fans of an expedited appeal, NAB is threading a needle and Nexstar is maneuvering around the edges of a court-ordered separation requirement.

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Eight ABC-owned stations filed early license renewals Thursday under protest, calling the FCC's order unlawful and unconstitutional. The same day, the FCC made clear it won't stop evaluating whether broadcasters are operating in the public interest.

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DirecTV is now on Meta Quest VR headsets, making it the first distributor to launch in a virtual reality environment. The company's Head of Product talked to CFX about what they're seeing so far and where the strategy goes from here.

https://t.co/tervlhEOcU

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The $34.5 billion Charter-Cox merger has a tight timeline, and it's on a collision course with one of the industry's biggest gatherings. With a September deadline looming, both companies are still planning a major presence at SCTE TechExpo 26 in Atlanta.

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