“Sweeps” Are Under the Rug: FCC Seeks Comment on New Metrics to Establish Significant Viewership

By |2020-04-20T08:30:36-05:00April 20th, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited comments on it’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on whether it should update its rules that determine whether a television broadcast station is “significantly viewed” in communities outside of its Designated Market area (“DMA”) for purposes of carriage on Multichannel Video Program Distribution (“MVPD”) systems, both cable and...… Continue Reading

FCC Invites Comments on Request for Greater Flexibility for TV DTS Transmitters

By |2019-10-17T11:51:46-05:00October 17th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited comments on a petition filed jointly by America’s Public Television Stations (“APTS”) and the National Association of Broadcasters (“NAB”), requesting a relaxation of restrictions on where digital television stations may locate Distributed Transmission System (“DTS”) antennas. Digital television technology allows a station to broadcast from multiple transmitters on...… Continue Reading

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