This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 17, 2024 to June 21, 2024

By |2024-06-23T10:19:17-05:00June 23rd, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed how the Media Bureau’s admonishment of three TV stations (actions noted in our... Continue Reading…

FCC Admonishes Three TV Stations for Not Having Clauses in Sales Agreements Requiring Non- discrimination in the Purchase of Advertising Time – A Reminder to Broadcasters

By |2024-06-18T11:29:47-05:00June 18th, 2024|Legal News|

As we wrote in Sunday’s weekly summary of broadcast actions, last week was a very active one at the FCC.  The FCC released the texts of rulemaking proposals on annual regulatory fees and on new regulatory proposals for LPTV and TV translator stations.  The Commission also released orders reinstating rules prohibiting FM stations serving the... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 27, 2024 to May 31, 2024

By |2024-06-02T10:12:04-05:00June 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we highlighted upcoming regulatory deadlines for broadcasters for June and early July.  We also reminded... Continue Reading…

Trump Verdict Raises Concerns About A Nasty Election Campaign Getting Nastier – Looking at a Broadcaster’s Potential Liability for Attack Ads

By |2024-05-31T09:38:54-05:00May 31st, 2024|Legal News|

With the verdict in the first criminal case against former President (and now candidate) Trump having been released, we can envision a whole raft of attack ads likely to be airing before the November elections.  The verdict is likely to also increase political divisions within the country, and potentially fuel many other nasty attack ads... Continue Reading…

The FCC and Congress Advance Proposals to Regulate Artificial Intelligence in Political Advertising

By |2024-05-23T22:37:25-05:00May 23rd, 2024|Legal News|

We’ve written several times (see for instance our articles here, here, and here) about all of the action in state legislatures to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in political advertising – with approximately 17 states now having adopted laws or rules, most requiring the labeling of “deep fakes” in such ads, and a few... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 6, 2024 to May 10, 2024

By |2024-05-12T07:32:19-05:00May 12th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed why broadcasters should remain cautious about accepting marijuana advertising despite the Attorney General’s... Continue Reading…

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