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CommLawBlog
Displacement Application Window for Pending Rural LPTV Applicants Opens Today
By FHH Law
If you filed any applications for new Low Power Television (LPTV) stations during the 2009 application window, your applications have not yet been granted, and channels you requested have been…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Issues Guidance for Expiring Digital Certificates for EAS Alerts Transmitted Through Internet-Based System – No Impact on Over-the-Air Broadcast Alerts
Several years ago, the FCC mandated that broadcasters utilize not only the traditional over-the-air “daisy-chain” broadcast EAS alerting system where emergency alerts are passed from one station to another but…
Broadcast Law Blog
November Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Ownership Reports, Comment Deadlines, LPTV Reimbursement Filing Deadline, a Forum to Examine the Future of the Broadcast Industry, and More
November is not one of those months with due dates for renewal filings, EEO public file reports or quarterly issues programs reports. Some of those obligations wait until December, when…
Broadcast Law Blog
Effective Date of New Rules for Email Notices of Retransmission Consent/Must Carry Elections October 29, 2019
Just before Labor Day, the FCC published in the Federal Register the new rules regarding notice of Must Carry and Retransmission Consent elections. Those rules, as we summarized in more…
CommLawBlog
FCC Releases Annual Regulatory Fee Order – Payments Due Sept. 24, 2019
As we begin the march into cooler weather, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) has released the final schedule of regulatory fees for 2019 and their due date. …
Comm Law Center
FCC Releases Final Regulatory Fees With Some Relief for Broadcasters
The FCC has released its finalized schedule of annual Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2019, and thanks to the collective efforts of all 50 State Broadcasters Associations and the National…
Broadcast Law Blog
September Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Reg Fees, Children’s TV Rule Changes, EEO Comments, EAS Reports, License Renewal Obligations and More
With the summer winding down, you can expect that come September, like everywhere else, Washington will leap back to life and the government will try to accomplish what they can…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Broadcasting of television programs: French court clarifications on “must carry” and framing
By Fanny Cony
On July 4, 2019, the Cour de Cassation specified the criteria of the “must carry” obligation (diffusion of broadcasted public channels, governed by Article 34-2 of Law No. 86-1067 of…
Comm Law Center
Dozens of Stations Snared Every Hour by Trap Unwittingly Left by a Closed FCC
Sometimes it seems the world really is out to get you. Being in a highly regulated business, broadcasters are quite dedicated to meeting regulatory obligations. More specifically, being subject to…
Comm Law Center
What You Thought You Knew About 2018, and Need to Know About 2019
By Scott R. Flick, Warren Kessler
As 2018 moves into the rear view mirror, 2019 promises to be a consequential year for broadcasters. In accordance with a Pillsbury holiday tradition that goes back farther than any…