John Eggerton

Agency moves one step closer to full strength

Labor group’s first Black president succeeds Chris Shelton

Phoenix Center argues legislation targeting children's online use should not include OTT

Regulator could finally get to full strength

Agency pushed on extending good-faith rules to FCC, making ISPs pay into Universal Service Fund

NTIA grants Texas biggest share at more than $3 billion

Adopts licensing rules of the road to ATSC 3.0

Follows lawsuit filed against Amazon over Prime auto-renewal

See possible direct harm to vulnerable populations

But says she would prefer Congress to resolve the net neutrality issue

Majority of FCC commissioners say they could support refreshing record

Bipartisanship is at least partially due to political deadlock

Chair says she doesn’t see MVPD regulations extending to over-the-top video

Says agency should allow for review of staff decisions, or Congress should step in

Would be the first time regulator imposes customer-service obligations on satellite

Commission chair proposes notice of inquiry and seeks consumer input

Will include three commissioner posts, inspector general

Look for questions on broadband subsidies

Would help broadcasters collect dough for aggregated online content

Says media inattention or inaccuracies that she could not correct didn't help

Potential abuses include spam, fraud and harassment

Communications trade groups urge swift action on confirmation

Chair Jessica Rosenworcel says ‘iterative’ has always been the charted course

Says the commission was out of bounds on several counts

Points to $136 million breakup fee in announcement of share repurchase plan