Our readers are (or should be) familiar with FHH’s Internet Counsel, Kathy Kleiman, who has provided considerable insight into the sometimes arcane world of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) over the last couple of y...
With the obligation of television stations to file the quarterly Children’s Television Reports on FCC Form 398 by Monday (as the usual January 10 date is on a weekend) and the simultaneous requirement to place into their online public file documentation of compliance with the commercial limits in Children’s programming, it is worth reminding stations … Continue Reading
Today is Elvis Presley’s 80th birthday, so it seems appropriate to revisit the issue of pre-1972 sound recordings, and to take a deeper look at the recent decisions by courts in New York and California finding that there is a public performance right in these recordings. The NY decision in a case brought by Flo … Continue Reading
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...
Each year, at about this time, we pull out the crystal ball and make predictions of the issues affecting broadcasters that will likely bubble up to the top of the FCC’s agenda in the coming year. While we try each year to throw in a mention of the issues that come to our mind, there … Continue Reading
TCBs will be taking care of business as OET exits equipment certification role and FCC modernizes equipment authorization processes. The FCC lab is finally getting out of the equipment certification business. After nearly two years of deliberation, the...
Early last month we reported that the FCC is seeking input on various ways in which the transition from the legacy copper network to Internet protocol (IP) technology will affect consumers and competitive providers. If you’re planning on tossing ...
By Scott R. Flick In what has become an annual holiday tradition going back so far none of us can remember when it started (Pillsbury predates the FCC by 66 years), we released the 2015 Broadcasters' Calendar last week. While starting a new year is ...
A new year, and a new set of regulatory obligations and deadlines for broadcasters and others. To help track many of the important deadlines for broadcasters in the new year, we have put together a Broadcaster’s Calendar of important regulatory dates for 2015, available here, which highlights many of the dates for the regulatory obligations … Continue Reading