NPRM seeks to address effects of discontinuance of copper-based services on consumers, competition. As many readers doubtless know (and as we have previously reported), the IP transition is underway: telecom carriers are shifting away from time divisio...
Out for comment: Shift to function-based, rather than technology-based, regulatory approach, and mandatory 100% HAC compliance The Wireless Telecommunications and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureaus are looking to refresh the record in a couple o...
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...
Last week, the Senate approved a reauthorization of STELA, the new bill called STELAR (the “STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014”), adopting the version that had been approved by the House of Representatives earlier in the month. In addition to simply giving satellite television companies (essentially DISH and DirecTV) the a five-year extension of their rights … Continue Reading
Last week we reported that the deadlines for comments and reply comments on a raft of proposals likely to affect the future of LPTV/TV translator operations had been set. And also as we reported, the odds of getting those deadlines extended were ...
In a Consent Decree released the day after Thanksgiving, the FCC agreed to accept a payment of a $35,000 penalty from a former television licensee for recording two telephone conversations for inclusion in a newscast, where the station called an outside party and recorded those conversations for inclusion in the newscast – before getting permission … Continue Reading
While we are in the Holiday season, the regulatory obligations faced by broadcasters don’t stop. December brings a continuation of the TV renewal cycle, though we are nearing the end of that cycle. Renewal applications for all TV, Class A and LPTV stations in the following states are due on December 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, … Continue Reading
While we are in the Holiday season, the regulatory obligations faced by broadcasters don’t stop. December brings a continuation of the TV renewal cycle, though we are nearing the end of that cycle. Renewal applications for all TV, Class A and LPTV stations in the following states are due on December 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, … Continue Reading
While we are in the Holiday season, the regulatory obligations faced by broadcasters don’t stop. December brings a continuation of the TV renewal cycle, though we are nearing the end of that cycle. Renewal applications for all TV, Class A and LPTV stations in the following states are due on December 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, … Continue Reading