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Retransmission Consent
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Comm Law Center
FCC Enforcement Monitor January 2024
By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth Craig, Adam J. Sandler
By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth Craig and Adam J. Sandler Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions…
CommLawBlog
FCC Releases NPRM Seeking Comment on Proposal to Require Subscriber Rebates for Retransmission Consent Blackouts
By Daniel Brown
On January 17, 2024, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking comment on a newly proposed requirement for cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) providers, which,…
CommLawBlog
FCC Releases NPRM Proposing New Reporting Requirements for Retransmission Consent Blackouts
By Daniel Brown
On December 21, 2023, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing new reporting requirements for multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”). The amendments to the FCC’s rules, if…
Broadcast Law Blog
Broadcast Regulation Does Not Take a Vacation: FCC Resolves 2018 Quadrennial Review with No Significant Changes in Ownership Rules; Proposes a Reporting System for Retransmission Blackouts; and Advances New EEO Reporting Rules
While we normally publish a weekly summary of regulatory actions relevant to broadcasters, the weekend before last we said that we would take the holiday weeks off - and return…
Comm Law Center
First Electronic Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections Due October 1
By Simone A. Wood October 1, 2020 is the deadline for TV stations to (1) upload to their online Public Inspection Files their must-carry/retransmission consent carriage election statements for the…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Proposes $512,228 in Fines to TV Stations for Violating Rules Requiring Good Faith Negotiation of Retransmission Consent Agreements
With the October 1 deadline coming up for retransmission consent/must carry elections, and the likely commencement of many retransmission consent negotiations throughout the country, the FCC last week issued a…
CommLawBlog
TV Stations and MVPDs Must Upload Contact Information by July 31st
As we head into Summer, it’s important for TV broadcasters to remember the upcoming deadlines this Fall associated with notifying multichannel video program distributors (“MVPDs”) – primarily cable TV and…
Comm Law Center
July 31, 2020 Marks First Deadline Under FCC’s New Must-Carry Election Regime
By Lee G. Petro, Lauren Lynch Flick
By Lee G. Petro and Lauren Lynch Flick With much of the United States under COVID-19 stay-at-home directives, and frost warnings still in the forecast, it’s as good a time…
Broadcast Law Blog
$100,000 Penalty in Consent Decree Shows Teeth in Requirement for Good Faith Negotiation of Retransmission Consent Agreements
The requirement that television broadcasters and MVPDs (including cable and satellite television providers) negotiate in good faith over the provisions of retransmission consent agreements is often cited in arguments by…
CommLawBlog
TV Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections Must Be Made This Year: Election Notification System Will Now Be All Electronic
By FHH Law
In Report and Orders released in July of 2019 and February of 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has converted the system for television broadcast stations to notify multichannel video…