Brendan Carr is a dummy

All twelvemonth connected The Vergecast, we’ve been search the galore bizarre and problematic actions of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. There has been a batch to discuss! Then, this week, up of 1 of our past episodes of the year, Carr appeared successful beforehand of the Senate Commerce Committee and spent 3 hours explaining really he thinks astir his job, the FCC, and the authorities of online connection and entertainment. It was a lot.

On this section of The Vergecast, we statesman pinch a dissection of Carr’s testimony, his threats against broadcasters, and the ways successful which he’s utilizing aged ideas astir contented transportation to get his governmental way. Nilay and David locomotion done immoderate of Carr’s astir important quotes, explicate the history of broadband regulation, and look up to really Carr mightiness bring these aforesaid strategies to net regularisation adjacent year.

After that, the hosts talk done immoderate overseas but telling news successful the streaming wars. YouTube sewage the Oscars; Netflix sewage FIFA and a bunch of podcasts; Warner Bros. doesn’t want Paramount’s money. Along pinch shaper Travis Larchuk, we past update the Go90 Scale of Doomed Streaming Services, to spot who’s winning the streaming wars and who’s successful threat of losing them forever.

Also, an important housekeeping note: The Vergecast will beryllium unrecorded astatine CES! We’ll beryllium astatine the Brooklyn Bowl successful Las Vegas, astatine 3:30PM connected Wednesday, January 7th. There will beryllium podcasting, and hanging out, and bowling. It’s going to beryllium great, and if you’re going to beryllium successful Vegas, we’d emotion to spot you there.

Until then, if you want to cognize much astir everything we talk successful this episode, present are immoderate links to get you started, first connected Brendan Carr:

And successful the streaming wars:

And successful the lightning round: