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Media Law Prof Blog
News From the FCC
A story in today's New York Times discusses the apparently at-times contentious FCC meeting yesterday over FCC Chair Kevin Martin's proposal to regulate the cable industry more closely under the…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Voids Exclusive Cable Service In Apartments and Extends Certain Competitive Franchising Rulings to Existing Cable Operators
At its Oct. 31 open meeting, the Commission adopted an Order declaring exclusive access and service clauses in video contracts between cable operators and multiple-dwelling units (MDUs) -- think apartment…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ofcom Says Channel 4 Program About Diana OK
Media watchdog agency Ofcom has ruled that Channel 4's recent documentary about the late Princess Diana did not breach any rules, even though several thousand viewers objected to some of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Fox Nixes “Anchorwoman” Reality Series After One Episode
Some said the much hyped reality/comedy series "Anchorwoman", starring actress/model and former Miss New York Lauren Jones as a real-life anchor at third-ranked station in Tyler, Texas was bad news…
CommLawBlog
NAB Offers Preview of DTV Education Plan
By FHH Law
By Ron Whitworth 703-812-0478 email In a letter to Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday, the National Association of Broadcasters informed the Commission of its plans to educate the public on…
Media Law Prof Blog
British Call-In Shows Continue to Cause Controversy
The flap over those British call-in/quiz shows continues. Now they're facing the possibility that they might need to obtain licenses under the 2005 Gambling Act. Ofcom has already fined Channel…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Uploading “24” Prior to Broadcast
By Ellen Podgor
The U.S. Attorneys Office of the Central District of California issued a press release of a recent federal criminal complaint against an individual who is alleged to have "uploaded the…
Broadcast Law Blog
Copyright Office Begins Inquiry to Reexamine Cable and Satellite Statutory Licenses – and Asks if Statutory Licenses are Appropriate for Internet Video
The Copyright Office last week released a wide-ranging Notice of Inquiry, asking many questions about the statutory licenses that allow cable and satellite companies to retransmit broadcast television signals without…
The Trademark Blog
And I’m Sitting Here On Capitol Hill
Let me anticipate two questions. C-Span is not a government entity, but a not-for-profit consortium backed by the cable industry, and, all other things being equal, can own and assert…
Broadcast Law Blog
The Fairness Doctrine – Prescription for Bland Broadcasting
The new Congress has started its oversight of the FCC, and one of the first topics to be brought up is the reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine. Presidential candidate and head…