Matt Daneman

Repeated topic at this year's #broadbandnationexpo: BEAD and data centers are fighting for the same fiber optic resources, and this isn't a fight BEAD can win. #Comm_Daily

Some people are saying deep fry turkey gender reveal and why would you even put that out there.

Google data center bigwig Gino Tozzi @ #broadbandnatonexpo: every minute, Google sees 5.9M searches and 500 hours of YouTube video uploaded. #Comm_Daily

North Dakota broadband director Brian Newby at #broadbandnationexpo: expect some consolidation in the broadband industry post-BEAD. It's undeniable there are carriers who are overextended with their BEAD projects, and there will be defaults. #Comm_Daily

#FCC chairman at #FederalistSociety shindig: Europe's protectionism bent starting to move into the space realm. Agency prepared to respond to lopsided rules. #Comm_Daily

#Echostar Chmn Charlie Ergen in call with analysts: Trump is right, corporations should only have to file results 2X a year vs quarterly. We may from time to time not do quarterly conference calls. #Comm_Daily

With the penny going away, traditional rounding practices may violate consumer protection rules. www.hklaw.com/en/insights/...

There might be political opposition or pushback, but the Illinois Senate is ridin' the storm out in its drive to make sure REO Speedwagon gets its due.

Texas AG joins Neb. and Fla. AGs in taking action against security camera maker Lorex for supposedly sourcing components from China's Dahua. #Comm_Daily

TV station group CEOs at #NABShowNY: Gotta consolidate to survive, fragmentation of news audience and advertisers means it's questionable whether a market can support five TV stations 'doing exactly the same thing.' #Comm_Daily

Rincon B'casting Prez Todd Parkin at #NABShowNY: sports rights increasingly divvied up among different parties, making it harder for fans to find sports content. Must be bigger focus on improving viewer experience beyond just showing the game. #Comm_Daily

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna... Fascinatingly weird story, with a high-profile federal official contacting a reporter to ostensibly get incorrect information corrected, but plays coy about what's incorrect.

Meanwhile, the $&^@ing roads are a 2026 budget priority.

FCC commish Olivia Trusty: Congress should make willful attacks on private communications networks a federal crime. Industry needs to do more hardening defenses, investing in securing access and sharing intel.
#Comm_Daily

Well done on your error message, Massachusetts State Legislature website.

Outside #FCC HQ before today's monthly mtg. Meanwhile, during mtg, two protesters started loudly chanting 'fire Carr the censorship czar,' removed by security. #Comm_Daily

Progress report on efforts by astronomy world and satellite operators to ensure mega constellations don't muck up observations: remains ... a work in progress, with astronomers not very bullish about the future, given trend lines of more and bigger LEOs. #Comm_Daily

Chinese investment in commercial space gone from $340M in 2015 to $2.9B in '24, sez #CommercialSpaceFederation.
Report released Tues. gives snapshot of Chinese space activity and warns US about to be eclipsed on numerous fronts. #Comm_Daily

A Commercial Space Federation chocolate bar. In my quest for swag from trade groups and companies in or attached to the TMT space, this is a nice 3.25 stars. #CSF

@projectkuiper.bsky.social lobbying #FCC to rethink its five-year LEO satellite deorbit rule. #Comm_Daily

Happy #firstcontactday, on this date, 38 years from today.

#Newsmax sues #Fox, alleging anticompetitive monopolization of "right-leaning pay-TV news market." #Comm_Daily

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Letter on Gmail Using Partisan Filtering Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.

#FTC chmn to E\#Google CEO: don't allow partisan spam filtering of Gmail. www.ftc.gov/news-events/... #Comm_Daily

The person who had this hotel room before me, and left the alarm clock to go off at 6 a.m., I hope traffic is bad for you today, and I hope you spill something on yourself.

Magistrate judge recommends a federal court dismiss LiveVideoAI lawsuit related to #Skydance purchase of #ParamountGlobal, saying it's hooey. #Comm_Daily

Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency’s retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be up in the air.

While Congress intends to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, it's not clear it can move the Smithsonian-owned Discovery. Chief issue - it's no longer federal property. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

The Syracuse Well, the State Fair’s Fun and Is Around Here Somewhere

Syracuse Mets to change their name; fans invited to pitch ideas You can submit your own suggestions to rename the baseball team.

www.syracuse.com/mets/2025/08... Three words: Syracuse Baseball Team.

#EchoStar signs $1.3B contract wi/ MDA for a direct-to-device satellite constellation, using 2 GHz band. At same time
#FCC is questioning EchoStar's use of the band.
#Comm_Daily ir.echostar.com/news-release...

How the Sneaker Resale Game Got a Lot Harder To survive in the footwear aftermarket now, vendors say they need to evolve what they’re selling and how they do it.

The rise - and fall - of the sneaker resale market. Interesting read. frontofficesports.com/sneaker-rese...