Brendan Carr

Chief Executive Officer of Mount Sinai Health System and a physician-scientist in emergency medicine and health policy. He leads Mount Sinai’s strategy, operations, research, education, and care delivery across its hospitals, ambulatory network, and schools, while remaining clinically active in emergency medicine.

FCC Seeks Assembly-Line Satellite Licensing and Tougher Broadcast Renewals

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr argues that the agency should replace individualized satellite licensing with standardized, high-volume processing as low-Earth-orbit and direct-to-cell networks expand. At the same time, he says the FCC should apply greater scrutiny to broadcasters’ public-interest obligations, including in Disney’s license-renewal proceedings. Carr characterizes the FCC’s role in Paramount Skydance’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition as limited to foreign-investment review, while questioning the basis for a reported antitrust challenge.

Bloomberg TechnologyJul 13, 20265 min read