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Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Should Your Internet-Delivered "FAST" Channel Be Closed Captioned?

You may be familiar with FCC closed captioning rules that require programming delivered on traditional linear TV networks to be closed captioned (subject to certain exceptions and exemptions), but what about programming on...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2025

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

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC to Accept Applications for Low Power TV Channel Changes

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On May 28, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau announced that it will partially lift its long-standing freeze on major modification applications and permit all Class A, low power...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s Relaxed Media Ownership Rules, Opening The Door For More Deals And Possible Antitrust Scrutiny

M&A in the media industry is about to pick up. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 rollback of media ownership limits. Media companies that once avoided specific...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

FCC Media Bureau Clarifies Broadcasters’ Negotiation Remedies

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broadcast Station Reminder—Quarterly Filings and Requirements: Issues/Programs Lists; Children’s Programming; Commercial Limits...

By Jan. 10, 2015, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license, and the programs aired during October, November...more

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