On June 10, 2025, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice (Notice) announcing that broadcasters have until December 8, 2025 to comply with the FCC’s expanded rules...more
6/13/2025
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Broadcasting ,
Compliance Dates ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Governments ,
New Regulations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Telecommunications
On August 15, 2024, portions of the Federal Communications Commission’s recent amendments to its broadcast sponsorship identification requirements for leased programming provided by foreign governmental entities (FSID Rules)...more
On June 10, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Second Report and Order (Second R&O) that amends the Commission’s foreign sponsorship identification rules (FSID Rules). As explained in...more
6/13/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FCC ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Governments ,
International Trade ,
Leases ,
Licensees ,
Political Advertising ,
PSA ,
Sponsors
On November 18, 2022, a summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second NPRM) proposing to amend its rules for the identification of foreign government-sponsored...more
On October 6, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second NPRM) in which the Commission proposed to amend its rules for the identification of foreign...more
On July 12, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion that vacated the requirement that broadcasters independently verify whether parties leasing time on their stations...more
On October 26, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which the Commission proposes to amend its sponsorship identification rules to require...more
11/3/2020
/ Broadcasting ,
FCC ,
First Amendment ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Governments ,
MVPD ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Television Programming