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Senators Urge Streaming Providers To Carry C-SPAN

Broadband Breakfast

introduced a resolution urging television providers to carry C-SPAN, arguing it serves as a public servant of democracy. The bipartisan appeal came in response to major television providers, including YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV, refusing to offer C-SPAN. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) ”

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Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Broadband Theft and Vandalism

Broadband Breakfast

Code to impose stronger penalties for those who intentionally damage or steal broadband cables and equipment. “Yet those who sabotage our networks often face little accountability. Veasey said the legislation responds to a surge in broadband cable theft that disrupts essential services. ” Rep.

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All West Communications Celebrates Marty Carollo’s Induction into the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2025

All West Telecommunications

Carollo to be formally inducted at the 59th Annual Cable TV Pioneers Banquet in Washington, D.C. Kamas, UT | July 8, 2025 – All West Communications proudly congratulates Marty Carollo, a Government Relations and Strategic Partnership Representative, on his induction into the 2025 Cable TV Pioneers class.

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Charter Again Classifies Network Vandalism As ‘Domestic Terrorism’

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2025 – It used to be that if the cable TV screen went dark, it was the fault of a couple of neighborhood squirrels sharpening their teeth on the copper-clad wiring.    Today, cable broadband networks that provide Internet access to more Americans than anyone else have a new problem when service goes down.

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Willmar City Council votes no to Charter Communication’s deal and sticks with Connect Willmar Initiative

Blandin on Broadband

They include a little background (of a story I have also been following) This decision comes after Charter, which does business in the city under the name Spectrum and is the city’s largest provider of internet and cable television services, on Feb.

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Eighth Circuit Tosses FCC's Top-Four TV Station Ownership Rule

Broadband Breakfast

Blunt (Retired) Backs Carr on TV Dereg ◾ Arielle Roth Confirmed for NTIA Courts:  A federal appeals court yesterday provisionally tossed out FCC rules designed to limit excessive control of TV stations affiliated with the  ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox  networks within the same local market. The decision by the  U.S.

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Digital Progress Institute Backs Spectrum Pipeline

Broadband Breakfast

“Reauthorizing the FCC's spectrum auction authority with a spectrum pipeline is an opportunity to bring in revenue and better ensure the integrity of wireless networks well within Trump's presidential tenure.” ” DPI bills itself as nonpartisan. CBRS sits in the 3.55-3.7