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

By |2024-04-13T21:19:51-05:00April 13th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed the FCC’s decision to allow FM boosters to originate limited amounts of programming that is... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 24 to April 28, 2023

By |2023-04-29T16:09:31-05:00April 29th, 2023|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, this week we published our monthly look ahead to the regulatory dates of importance to... Continue Reading…

FCC Adopts Strict Processing Policies on Requests for Modification of TV Markets for Cable and Satellite Carriage

By |2020-02-21T10:45:44-06:00February 21st, 2020|Legal News|

In a decision released this week, the FCC reiterated a policy of being very tough on petitions to add communities to television markets to change the stations that are considered to be part of the market for cable and satellite carriage purposes.  This strict compliance policy was set out in another case decided last year. ... Continue Reading…

May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Including EEO Mid-Term Reports, FM Auction, Emergency Communications Compliance, TV Market Modification Comments and More

By |2015-04-30T11:02:36-05:00April 30th, 2015|Legal News|

May is one of those months where there are no routine, recurring FCC regulatory filing deadlines – no EEO reports or Quarterly Issues Programs lists, no Children’s Television Programming Reports or noncommercial station ownership report deadlines. But, as with any month, that does not mean that there are no dates of concern for broadcasters –… Continue Reading

Congress Passes STELAR – Renewing Authorization of Satellite Carriers Carriage of TV Stations – With Some Important Changes to JSA, Retransmission Consent and Market Modification Rules

By |2014-12-04T08:57:09-06:00December 4th, 2014|Legal News|

Last week, the Senate approved a reauthorization of STELA, the new bill called STELAR (the “STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014”), adopting the version that had been approved by the House of Representatives earlier in the month.  In addition to simply giving satellite television companies (essentially DISH and DirecTV) the a five-year extension of their rights … Continue Reading

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