FCC looks to open ranks of MVPDs to Internet-delivered services – a move that could save what’s left of Aereo It looks like the universe of multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) is going to be expanding considerably. Previou...
Video description rules bring FCC into the ratings game ... every three years When you’re trying to track down the national rankings of video programming networks, you may not think to check with the FCC – but, thanks to the Twenty-Fir...
FCC seeks input on possible regulation of “video programmers”. As we reported recently, the FCC has ratcheted up its video captioning requirements for “Video Programming Distributors” (VPDs), a universe defined as “all ent...
Still a work in progress, but an excellent opportunity both to see what the FCC has in mind and also to suggest possible improvements to the form before it takes final shape. A couple of weeks ago we reported on a Federal Register notice announci...
But the FCC isn’t planning to give tower owners much slack as a result. If you’re responsible for a tower subject to lighting requirements imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration, your life may be getting a bit easier early next year...
Can we all agree that responding to the invitation to comment on Form 2100, Schedule 318 would be easier if the form were available for review? Like the first sparse snowflakes heralding a major blizzard long predicted but slow to arrive, an announceme...
Former TV licensee cops plea to violating telephone rule, ignoring Enforcement Bureau Ah, the telephone call rule. Section 73.1206. The fact that we’ve written about it at all is surprising – surprising because the rule is so clear and so s...
Three years in the making, a notice of proposed rulemaking would give the thumbs up to online contest rules. Big News! The Commission has taken the unusual step of proposing a rule revision requested by broadcasters and of potential benefit to broadcas...
FCC provides “bulk upload” option for adding even more comments to the million-plus already on file – now who’s going to read them all? When last we took a sounding of the rising floodwaters of net neutrality comments, they were...