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Copyright Royalty Board Starts WEB VI Proceeding to Set Webcasting Royalties Paid to SoundExchange for 2026-2030: Petitions to Participate Due February 6

By David Oxenford|2024-01-08T09:20:54-06:00January 8th, 2024|Legal News|

The Copyright Royalty Board on Friday published in the Federal Register a call for interested parties to file Petitions to Participate in the proceeding to set the royalty rates to be paid by webcasters (including broadcasters who simulcast their programming through internet-delivered channels) in the period 2026-2030. These royalties are paid by webcasters to SoundExchange... Continue Reading…

Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Ads Raises New Concerns for Broadcasters

By Lee G. Petro and Adam J. Sandler|2024-01-08T07:31:37-06:00January 8th, 2024|Legal News|

With the Iowa Republican Caucus happening in mid-January and dozens of additional primaries and caucuses to follow before the 2024 general election, broadcasters need to be aware of the use of artificial intelligence (AI), deepfakes and synthetic media in political advertising and the various laws at play when such content is used. These laws seek […]

The Last Three Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 18, 2023 to January 5, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-01-07T10:36:02-06:00January 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Expecting quiet weeks, we took the holidays off from providing our weekly summary of regulatory actions of interest to broadcasters. But, during that period, there actually were many regulatory developments. Here are some of those developments, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your... Continue Reading…

Gazing into the Crystal Ball at Legal and Policy Issues for Broadcasters in 2024 – Part II: What to Expect from the Courts and Agencies Other than the FCC

By David Oxenford|2024-01-04T11:31:08-06:00January 4th, 2024|Legal News|

Earlier this week, we covered the broadcast issues that the FCC may be facing in 2024. But the FCC is just one of the many branches of government that regulates the activities of broadcasters. There are numerous federal agencies, the Courts, Congress, and even state legislatures that all are active in adopting rules, making policies,... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases NPRM Proposing New Reporting Requirements for Retransmission Consent Blackouts

By Daniel Brown|2024-01-03T13:30:40-06:00January 3rd, 2024|Legal News|

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 enacted, would give MVPDs 48 hours to notify the FCC when a blackout of 24 hours or more of a broadcast television station, or stations,...… Continue Reading

Gazing into the Crystal Ball at Legal and Policy Issues for Broadcasters in 2024 – Part I: What to Expect From the FCC

By David Oxenford|2024-01-02T10:30:26-06:00January 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

A new year – and our annual opportunity to pull out the crystal ball and look at the legal issues that will be facing broadcasters in the new year. We’ve already published our 2024 Broadcasters Calendar and, as we noted before the holidays, it highlights the many lowest unit rate windows for the November election. ... Continue Reading…

FCC 2018 Quadrennial Order Largely Maintains Status Quo, But Local Television Ownership Rule Modifications Create New Uncertainty

By Scott R. Flick and Jessica T. Nyman|2023-12-28T15:47:07-06:00December 28th, 2023|Legal News|

Bookending the Christmas weekend, the FCC’s long-awaited 2018 Quadrennial Review Report and Order was adopted on Friday, December 22 and released Tuesday, December 26. The Commission is required by Congress to conduct a regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules every four years and was directed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. […]

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

By David Oxenford|2023-12-28T10:48:32-06:00December 28th, 2023|Legal News|

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 with a summary on January 7 of all that occurred over the break – unless there was news in the interim. Well, there has been... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases Report and Order Concluding Its 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review

By Daniel Brown|2023-12-27T14:26:12-06:00December 27th, 2023|Legal News|

After receiving a mandated deadline from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the FCC presented its long-awaited Christmas gift to the broadcast industry with the December 26 release of the 2018 Quadrennial Review Report and Order (“R&O”). By a 3-2 vote, with both Republican commissioners dissenting, the R&O found that the FCC’s...… Continue Reading