FCC Wants Your Opinion on The Communications Industry

The Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Economics and Analytics is soliciting comments on competition in the communications market to evaluate the competitive landscape for voice, video, audio and data services.

This biennial request supports the agency’s statutory duty to produce a Communications Marketplace Report that identifies laws, regulations and policies that may impede competition and recommends improvements.

Broadcasters have previously urged the FCC to lift station ownership caps and remove rules they say hinder competition with tech giants and streaming platforms. Although the FCC has not revised ownership rules in decades, recent court rulings since the 2024 report struck down the ban on owning two top‑four stations in the same market. The commission also waived ownership limits for the Nexstar/Tegna merger—a decision now being litigated in two federal courts.

The FCC opened GN Docket No. 26‑78 for submissions. Initial comments are due May 21, 2026; reply comments are due June 22, 2026.