This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 5, 2022 to February 11, 2022

By |2022-02-13T10:01:55-06:00February 13th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Global Music Rights (GMR) and the Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC) announced that enough broadcasters had agreed to GMR licensing... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 23, 2021 to October 29, 2021

By |2021-10-31T09:27:34-05:00October 31st, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. President Joe Biden made official his permanent FCC Chair – selecting Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to fill that position. He... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 18, 2021 to September 24, 2021

By |2021-09-26T09:48:12-05:00September 26th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments from the last week of significance to broadcasters , with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. At the last minute, the deadline for broadcasters to pay their annual regulatory fees was extended to Monday, September... Continue Reading…

Looking at the Court Decision Which Led to the Shuttering of Locast’s Retransmission of Local TV on the Internet

By |2021-09-21T15:06:07-05:00September 21st, 2021|Legal News|

In recent weeks, decisions of a US District Court judge in the Southern District of New York led to the suspension of service by the Internet streaming company Locast, which built its business on streaming local television stations generally without obtaining the consent of TV stations or the copyright holders in the programs they broadcast. ... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 11, 2021 to September 17, 2021

By |2021-09-19T09:55:33-05:00September 19th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. In anticipation of this week’s deadline for payment of annual regulatory fees – 11:59 pm, Eastern Daylight Time on Friday,... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 28, 2021 to September 3, 2021

By |2021-09-05T16:26:26-05:00September 5th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. In a significant win for television broadcasters, a federal district court in New York determined that the nonprofit company Locast,... Continue Reading…

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