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Media Law Prof Blog
A New Book About British Women in Broadcasting From Kate Murphy @CMH_BU @BBC
New from Palgrave Macmillan:Kate Murphy, Behind the Wireless: A History of Early Women at the BBC (2017). Behind the Wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and…
Broadcast Law Blog
Proposed $66,000 Fine Reminds Broadcasters to Prepare for September Nationwide EAS Test
FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) has notified the FCC that it will be conducting the next nationwide test of the EAS system on September 27, 2017 (with a back-up…
Pay or Play
Upon Further Review – Nationals Get Second Swing at Orioles Over TV Dispute
[caption id="attachment_774" align="alignleft" width="300"] Copyright: ericbvd / 123RF Stock Photo[/caption] A New York court of appeals last week declared the Orioles and Nationals will play extra innings in the teams’…
Capital Thinking
House Approves Joint Resolution to Repeal the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules and FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for April Open Commission Meeting
Legislative Activity House Approves Joint Resolution to Repeal the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules, Sending the Measure to the President On March 28, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Congressional…
CommLawBlog
Incentive Auction Update: Quiet Period Partially Lifted, Channel Reassignments Coming, M&A Gold Rush Begins
By FHH Law
After teasing that such relief was coming, the FCC has confirmed a partial waiver of the limitations on communications for reverse auction participants. In other words, broadcasters who participated in…
CommLawBlog
FCC Intends to Drop 40-Mile FM Translator Siting Cap for AMs
The FCC has sent a strong signal that at its February 23 open meeting it will adopt a proposal to ease FM translator siting restrictions for AM owners. As part…
CommLawBlog
FCC Needs Updated TV Contact Info. For Channel Reassignments
By FHH Law
The FCC’s Media Bureau and the Incentive Auction Task Force are (again!) reminding all television owners (including those participating in the broadcast incentive auction and those who may potentially be…
Minding Your Business
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…
Global Media and Communications Watch
TMT Deal Trends in Mexico
As in the U.S. and other European countries, the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting market has been very active in M&A deals. Just over two years ago, a major constitutional reform…
Broadcast Law Blog
The Care and Feeding of the Broadcast Public Inspection File – Requirements and Retention Periods, A Presentation on the Issues
The FCC requires each full-power broadcast station, commercial and noncommercial, to maintain a public inspection file. Even though this is a longstanding FCC requirement, there are always questions about what…