FCC, Cable Television Providers, Television Broadcast Stations

Annual Update to ETRS Form One Due By October 3, 2025

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/7/2025

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more

FCC Adopts Video Service All-In Pricing Rules

Venable LLP on 4/1/2024

On March 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules that require cable television operators and satellite video providers to specify the aggregate monthly all-in price for video programming services on...more

2023 Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 12/30/2022

With the end of another year soon upon us, we have begun to look forward to the highs, lows, joys, and filings that 2023 has in store. In accordance with a Pillsbury holiday tradition, earlier this month we published our...more

FCC Updates EAS Rules

Lerman Senter PLLC on 10/14/2022

The FCC has updated its Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules to make emergency alerts easier for the public to understand and more accessible to those with certain disabilities. EAS messages are currently transmitted using...more

2022 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/31/2022

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by April 10, 2022, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2022. Content of the...more

Broadcast Deregulation Reaches Supreme Court

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/9/2021

In light of the ubiquity of cable and satellite, a controversy over the ownership of terrestrial broadcast stations may seem like a sideshow. The reality is, however, that an increasing number of American households are...more

Regulated Licensees and Telecom and Video Service Providers Must Proactively File and Pay FCC Regulatory Fees by September 25 for...

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/11/2020

The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2020 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 pm Eastern time on September 25, although the FCC's Fee Filer is accepting fee payments...more

C-Band Lump Sum Election Deadline Extended

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 8/24/2020

On July 30, 2020, the FCC released a Public Notice and Final Cost Category Schedule for the C-Band Relocation, and established August 31, 2020 as the deadline for C-Band earth station licensees to submit their lump sum...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2020

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 5/1/2020

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2020

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 4/1/2020

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: -...more

2019 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 9/30/2019

Each full power and Class A TV station being repacked must file its next quarterly Transition Progress Report with the FCC by October 10, 2019. The Report must detail the progress a station has made in constructing...more

FCC Revises Broadcast Signal Carriage Election Notices for Cable, Satellite, and Other Multichannel Video Providers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/16/2019

Every three years, commercial television stations must choose between retransmission consent and mandatory carriage, also known as must-carry status, for the carriage of their broadcast signals on cable and satellite systems...more

John Garziglia, WBD Communications, Technology and Media Sector Team Develop State-Specific Checklists for FCC Online Public File...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/24/2018

Womble Bond Dickinson attorney John Garziglia and members of the firm’s Communications, Technology and Media Sector Team have prepared a number of state-specific checklists on FCC public file requirements....more

C-Band (3.7-4.2 GHz) Reminders: Registrations Due by October 17, 2018 Comments on Proposed Rules Due by October 29, 2018

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/15/2018

C-Band Registration Filing Window Closes October 17, 2018 - Cable operators, Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs), radio and/or video broadcasters, video programmers, and other Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)...more

Regulators Open Airwaves to Increased Foreign Ownership

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/24/2018

The Federal Communications Commission has slowly opened the door to indirect parent entity foreign ownership of broadcast station licenses. This gradual relaxation of longstanding U.S. federal policy has continued to the...more

FCC’s Foreign Media Reporting Requirements: Extension of FARA or New Domain?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/21/2018

On September 4, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission issued a new rule requiring foreign media outlets to submit reports to the FCC disclosing their relationships with foreign principals. The notice was issued pursuant...more

2018 FCC Regulatory Fees Payment Deadline September 25

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/31/2018

The FCC has announced a deadline of September 25 for receipt of its Fiscal Year 2018 annual regulatory fees. Fees are owed on all authorizations held as of October 1, 2017, or held on the fee due date. Licensees who...more

Broadcasters Face a (Re)Packed 2018

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 12/22/2017

Each year around this time, Pillsbury’s Communications Practice releases its Broadcasters’ Calendar for the upcoming year. It may not be the perfect stocking stuffer, but broadcasters that don’t read it closely are much more...more

FCC Circulates Draft Order Authorizing ATSC 3.0 Broadcasting

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/7/2017

On October 26, 2017, the FCC released a draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would permit TV broadcasters to use the next generation broadcast television transmission standard (“ATSC 3.0”) on...more

FCC Media Bureau Clarifies Broadcasters’ Negotiation Remedies

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 9/7/2016

Negotiations between television channels/networks and pay TV operators are a breed apart. The stakes are high and the consequence of failure – a “dark” screen – is all too public. But the critical factor that sets...more

2015 FCC Regulatory Fees Due By September 24, 2015

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/4/2015

The FCC has announced a deadline of September 24 for receipt of its Fiscal Year 2015 annual regulatory fees. Fees are owed on all authorizations held as of October 1, 2014. Payment may be made by credit card, debit card,...more

FCC Releases Emergency Information Accessibility Rules for Second-Screen Devices and Grants Compliance Waivers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/5/2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the text of its Second Report and Order (R&O) adopting rules requiring multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to pass through the secondary audio stream...more

FCC Announces Regulatory Fees Due for FY 2014

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/4/2014

The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2014 fiscal year. The due date is Sept. 23, 2014. The fees are intended to recover the Commission's cost of operations, estimated to be...more

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