This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 28, 2025 to May 2, 2025

By |2025-05-04T08:02:27-05:00May 4th, 2025|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 dates and deadlines in May affecting broadcasters, including the effective date... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 28, 2025 to May 2, 2025

By |2025-05-04T08:02:27-05:00May 4th, 2025|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 dates and deadlines in May affecting broadcasters, including the effective date... Continue Reading…

FCC Requires MVPDs to Submit Reports of Broadcast Station Blackouts

By |2025-01-08T13:07:47-06:00January 8th, 2025|Legal News|

Tags:  Broadcast, TV, MVPD, Cable, Satellite, FCC, Retransmission Consent, Medi The FCC adopted rules on January 3 that require Multichannel Video Programming Distributors, including cable or satellite providers (“MVPDs” or “Reporting Entities”) to report certain broadcast station blackouts.  The rules will be effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, but MVPDs will not be required to comply until the...… Continue Reading

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 25, 2024 to March 29, 2024

By |2024-03-30T22:08:14-05:00March 30th, 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. This past week on our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the upcoming April regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  We also... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 25, 2024 to March 29, 2024

By |2024-03-30T22:08:14-05:00March 30th, 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. This past week on our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the upcoming April regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  We also... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  February 5, 2024 to February 9, 2024

By |2024-02-11T09:57:27-06:00February 11th, 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 how a recent Congressional hearing on the impact of streaming media on sports... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases NPRM Seeking Comment on Proposal to Require Subscriber Rebates for Retransmission Consent Blackouts

By |2024-01-24T10:00:32-06:00January 24th, 2024|Legal News|

On January 17, 2024, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking comment on a newly proposed requirement for cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) providers, which, if enacted, would require those cable operators and DBS providers to make available rebates to their subscribers for programming blackouts caused by failed retransmission consent...… Continue Reading

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 8 to January 12, 2024

By |2024-01-14T09:09:39-06:00January 14th, 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. Our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the Copyright Royalty Board’s announcement of the start of a new proceeding to... Continue Reading…

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