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Cablefax DailyTM Monday — April 20, 2020 What the Industry Reads First Volume 31 / No. 076 CBRS Auction: Doesn’t Want Interest to Count it Out It’s not clear if Comcast will choose to participate in the upcoming auction of Priority Access Licenses in the 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Radio Service), but it at least wants the chance to be a player. It probably can’t unless the FCC waives rules that prohibit an entity from having a controlling interest in more than one auction application. -based operator Midco is 50% owned by Midcontinent Communications Investor and 50% owned by Com- cast Midcontinent, an indirectly owned of Comcast. Both Comcast and Midco have asked this FCC in recent days to suspend the rules, arguing that Comcast is essentially a passive investor. “Comcast in no way controls Midco and the two entities have and will continue to develop their own separate, independent auction strategies. As such, if both Comcast and Midco file applications to participate in Auction 105, both participants will bid in a straightforward manner and no anticompetitive bidding activity will occur,” Midco told the FCC. Midco has discussed with Comcast Midco its inter- est in participating in the auction, but declared that it hasn’t and won’t provide Comcast with any information regarding its auction plans. Midco completed successful CBRS testing last year and has been vocal on plans to use the CBRS band to deploy high- fixed LTE broadband throughout its rural footprint. To help keep everything above board, Midco said its management committee won’t meet during the auction quiet period and it’s limiting info on its bidding strate- gies to a small number of people on a “need to know” basis. If Comcast is going to bid, the FCC will have to act quickly with the short-form filing window closing on May 7. The FCC has already had to push back the timeline of the CBRS auction because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the new timeline, upfront payments are due June 19, with bidding set to begin July 23. “Prohibiting Comcast from participating in the auction would be inequitable to Comcast because it has ‘no reasonable alternative’—it cannot prevent Midco from filing an application that would potentially disqualify Comcast,” Comcast told the FCC in its waiver request. It also argued that allowing Comcast to participate would serve the public interest because maximizing the number of bidders promotes a successful auction. More than 22K licenses will be offered in Auction 105, the most to ever be up for grabs in a single auction. Operators Taking iPhone Pre-Orders: Comcast, USA and Charter are all accepting pre-orders for Apple’s upcoming iPhone SE, available April 24. Comcast is offering $200 off over 24 months with the purchase of the new

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Rural Broadband Notes: The FCC’s Cablefax Dashboard Wireline Competition Bureau is seek- ing comment on a petition by John- Tweet Tweet son Telephone Co requesting that it waive the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund rule that prohibits CAF Phase II defaulters from participating in the auction. -- The FCC will hold a webinar on May 5 to provide an overview of the adopted policy framework for the RDOF Phase 1 auction. Phase 1 will award up to $16bln for the deployment of voice and fixed broadband services at speeds of 25/3 Mpbs or faster to unserved locations nationwide. – The USDA has created a one-stop-shop of federal programs that can be used by rural communities, organizations and Research Quotable individuals impacted by the pandemic. ➢ US OTT access revenue growth is “You go a few more months and while The COVID-19 Federal Rural Re- estimated to grow by 29% to $28.5bln in people say, one of the last things I’ll cut is source Guide includes info on federal 20200, and $44.2 bln for 2022. my subscription to entertainment which I funding and partnerships. desperately need to get through the day. Ratings: The premiere of TNT’s ➢ OTT access spending in 2022 will be That will eventually take its toll. People will docuseries “Shaq Life” last Thursday more than half (55%) of what is spent on not have the discretionary income to af- pulled in more than 3mln total view- TV access, up from 22% in 2019. ford it. But it doesn’t change the dynamics ers across all platforms, and deliv- of anything. You’ve got the competitors. ered 1mln viewers per episode L+3. ➢ Independents, programmers and TV Streaming is taking over the world. Hol- Programming: Disney’s “Artemis access providers represented 58.4%, lywood is irrelevant. The only companies Fowl” will launch exclusively on 34.4%, 7.2% of 2019 US OTT access that have a true path, absolute clear busi- Disney+ June 12. It was originally revenue, and forecast 49.5%, 47.2%, ness model path forward have nothing to set for a theatrical release before the 3.3% for 2022. do with the history of the entertainment pandemic. -- ESPN launches the business. and Netflix. Everybody ➢ Madden NFL 20 Celebrity Tourna- Broadcast & cable TV network online else, good luck to them. I mean, they ment, Sunday, 12pm, ESPN2. It is a advertising, driven by OTT, is estimated to may be able to build subscription services single-elimination bracket played on represent 7.7% of 2020 and 9.7% of 2022 that may be profitable, but that world has EA Sports’ Madden NFL 20 game, US TV advertising revenue. changed forever. I think this pandemic has with the winner receiving a donation nothing to do with -- other than earnings to Feeding America in their name. (Source: Convergence Re- are going to be much less for a while.” The championship airs April 26 at search Group) – IAC & Expedia chmn Barry 12pm on ESPN2. Diller on CNBC “Squawk Box.”

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