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TV Stations Granted Limited Waiver to Pre-Empt Children’s Programming to Air Local Events in Support of Social Distancing

By Peter Tannenwald|2020-04-09T14:15:27-05:00April 9th, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Media Bureau announced today that from now until April 30, 2020, full power and Class A TV stations may pre-empt children’s television programming to broadcast live or same-day, recorded community events to enable the public to view those events without attending in person, in furtherance of the “social distancing” advocated...… Continue Reading

Update: Comment Deadlines Available for Proposal to Drop Cable TV Public File Reports of Interest in Video Programming Services

By Peter Tannenwald|2020-04-02T11:47:12-05:00April 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

On March 16, 2020, we wrote that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has proposed to eliminate the rule that requires cable television systems to post in their online public inspection file (“OPIF”) information about the nature and extent of their attributable interests in video program services and which of those services they own are carried on...… Continue Reading

FCC Invites Comment on Extending Deadline for Total Price Disclosure for MVPD Services

By Peter Tannenwald|2020-03-17T11:37:58-05:00March 17th, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited comments as to whether it should grant a six-month extension of time for Multichannel Video Program Distributors (“MVPDs”) to comply with the “Right to Transparency” provisions of the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 (“TVPA”). This proceeding will be a quick one, with Comments due April 6, and...… Continue Reading

Who Should Say What to Whom When Cable TV Retransmission Consent Negotiations Fail?

By Peter Tannenwald|2020-01-02T15:00:55-06:00January 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

Retransmission consent negotiations have been coming down to the wire more and more in recent years, as broadcasters have sought to recoup more of the value they feel their signals have, and cable operators have resisted increases in their expenses. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) rules currently require cable operators to notify both subscribers and the...… Continue Reading

Reminder: EAS National Test Scheduled for August 7

By FHH Law|2019-08-05T14:04:28-05:00August 5th, 2019|Legal News|

Unless it is delayed by a real national emergency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) are on track to conduct a combined nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, August 7, at 2:20 p.m. EDT. For most participants, this year’s test will be disseminated only using the broadcast...… Continue Reading

FCC Makes Leased Access Rules More Cable Operator Friendly, Opens the Door to Eliminating Them

By Paul J. Feldman|2019-07-08T09:41:35-05:00July 8th, 2019|Legal News|

On June 7, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) released a Report and Order (“R&O”) revising the Commission’s rules under which independent programmers may lease cable TV channels to retransmit their programming (“Leased Access Rules”). Leased Access has rarely been used, due to concerns by both cable operators and programmers, and the...… Continue Reading

Some Stations are Granted Relief From Duplicative DTV Transition Reports

By Peter Tannenwald|2019-04-01T16:02:38-05:00April 1st, 2019|Legal News|

Full Power and Class A TV stations that are changing channels as part of the TV spectrum repack and are scheduled to transition in Phases 3, 5, and 8 have been granted relief from the obligation to file what would otherwise be duplicative transition reports close together in time. Full power and Class A stations...… Continue Reading

LPTV-Translator Displacement and Companion Channel Freeze Lifted

By Peter Tannenwald|2019-03-20T14:43:40-05:00March 20th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) has announced in a public notice on March 19, 2019, that it will lift the 9-year old freeze on applications for displacement relief and digital companion channels by Low Power Television and TV Translator stations (together, “LPTV”). Applications will be accepted starting April 18, 2019. The new...… Continue Reading

FCC Commences Review of Media Ownership Rules

By Keenan Adamchak|2018-12-21T11:42:39-06:00December 21st, 2018|Legal News|

On December 12, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) commencing the 2018 Quadrennial Review of the Commission’s media ownership rules. The FCC is required under Section 202(h) of the Communications Act to review most of its broadcast ownership rules every four years to determine whether...… Continue Reading