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Broadcasting
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Broadcast Law Blog
AM Tower Fencing Requirements Cannot be Delegated
In a decision released Friday, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau imposed a fine of $7000 on a station for violation of Section 73.49 of the Rules, requiring AM station towers with the potential for…
Media Law Prof Blog
British TV’s Channel 4’s Controversial Drama
British TV's Channel 4 is risking controversy with its drama that details the assassination of a sitting US president. "Death of a President" will premiere in Toronto, and will also…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Couric’s CBS Evening News to be simulcast online
In another sign that we're moving to an online world, Staci from paidcontent.org reports Katie Couric’s CBS Evening News wlll be simulcast online. Other online features of Couric's broadcast include:…
The Trademark Blog
WIPO Treaty On Broadcasting
James Boyle, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke, writes on the WIPO Treaty on Broadcasting.
Media Law Prof Blog
Lords Want Power To BBC License Fee
A non-partisan group of peers (the House of Lords BBC Charter Review Committee) has sent a letter to Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, suggesting that Parliament should be able to…
Media Law Prof Blog
“They Say It’s Your Birthday”
Howard Stern was born on this day in 1954, Rush Limbaugh on this day in 1951. French writer and lawyer Charles Perrault was born on this day in 1628.
Media Law Prof Blog
CBC Lockout Means Canadians Have Lots of Re-Runs, BBC Fare to While Away the Hours
Media Law Prof Blog
BBC Violated Regulations According to Ofcom
Ofcom, the UK's equivalent of the FCC, has rapped the BBC for broadcasting a series called "Streets of Vice" during a period that young children were likely to be watching.…
Media Law Prof Blog
BBC Apologizes for “Distressing” Images
After receiving at least one complaint on the subject, the BBC has apologized for broadcasting live pictures of a man being resuscitated in the wake of the London bombings last…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ofcom Upholds Complaint Over Lemon Juice Joke
It may not rank with wardrobe malfunctions, but the UK's Ofcom has upheld viewer objections to a comedy program's prank that urged children to feed their baby brothers and sisters…