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New Webcasting Rates a Win for Radio Broadcasters

By |2015-12-17T01:06:47-06:00December 17th, 2015|Legal News|

In a decision long awaited by webcasters, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has released its new webcasting royalty rates.  These royalties are paid by non-interactive streaming services on which listeners cannot choose the specific songs they listen to, such as Pandora and radio stations that stream their programming.  The royalties are paid to SoundExchange, a performing rights organization which collects […]

FCC Chairman Signals Mixed Bag of Changes to Media Rules

By |2015-08-12T15:36:18-05:00August 12th, 2015|Legal News|

FCC Chairman Wheeler released a blog post today discussing a number of changes and proposed changes to rules impacting TV and radio broadcasters. While his blog contained good news for the radio industry, TV broadcasters are likely to be less pleased. On the TV side there are two major initiatives. First, the Chairman is proposing […]

FCC Proposes 2015 Regulatory Fees

By |2015-05-22T13:43:18-05:00May 22nd, 2015|Legal News|

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Report and Order, and Order (really, that’s the title of it) (“NPRM/R&O”) proposing regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2015 and making other changes to its regulatory fee structure. Comments on the FCC’s proposals are due June 22, 2015, with reply comments due July 6, 2015. For […]

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