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FCC Requires MVPDs to Submit Reports of Broadcast Station Blackouts

By Mark Malonzo|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

FCC Opens Limited Filing Window for New Noncommercial TV Stations

By Anne Goodwin Crump|2024-10-16T10:05:23-05:00October 16th, 2024|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has issued a public notice, DA 24-1065, which announces the opening of a filing window for applications for construction permit for new noncommercial educational (“NCE”) TV stations in 12 specified communities in various areas of the United States. This window opens at 12:01 a.m. EST on December 4,...… Continue Reading

FCC Announces Extension of the Biennial Broadcast Ownership Report Filing Deadline

By FHH Law|2019-09-18T08:16:34-05:00September 18th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has announced in an order published on September 17. 2019 that it will delay the filing deadline to January 31, 2020, for broadcast ownership reports (two months later than the original deadline). This applies to licensees of commercial and noncommercial AM, FM, TV, Class A, and Low Power Television (LPTV)...… Continue Reading

FCC Updates DTV Reception Map

By FHH Law|2018-03-28T08:59:30-05:00March 28th, 2018|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau launched an updated DTV Reception map aimed at helping consumers during the post-Incentive Auction repack. The new DTV Reception Map (available here) will reflect changes to TV stations as they begin transmitting on new channels between now and July 2020 during the post-Incentive Auction...… Continue Reading

FCC Eliminates Broadcast Main Studio Rules, Related Staffing, and Program Origination Requirements; Controversial Order Passes Three-Two Along Party Lines

By Paul J. Feldman|2017-10-25T14:45:57-05:00October 25th, 2017|Legal News|

On Oct. 24, 2017, the FCC issued a Report and Order eliminating the Commission’s rule requiring each AM, FM, and television broadcast station to maintain a main studio located in or near its community of license (i.e. the Main Studio Rule). In the same Order, the FCC eliminated existing requirements that are associated with the...… Continue Reading

Reminder: FREE Upcoming CPB Compliance Webinar

By FHH Law|2017-10-16T11:05:24-05:00October 16th, 2017|Legal News|

This is a reminder to not snooze on next week’s CPB compliance webinar! On Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Fletcher, Heald, & Hildreth’s CPB Compliance guru Bob Winteringham will present a FREE one-hour webinar to help you navigate the twists and turns of CPB compliance. You can register for the webinar, for free, via this...… Continue Reading

FCC Media Bureau Postpones Filing Deadline for Biennial Ownership Reports

By FHH Law|2017-09-01T16:10:13-05:00September 1st, 2017|Legal News|

The FCC on Sept. 1 postponed the due date for the submission of 2017 biennial broadcast ownership reports to the FCC until March 2, 2017. Biennial ownership reports are required to be filed every two years by all commercial and (starting this year) noncommercial AM, FM, TV, Class A, and LPTV stations and entities holding...… Continue Reading

Attention TV Licensees: The FCC Has Released the Eligibility Public Notice

By Harry Cole|2015-06-09T22:25:07-05:00June 9th, 2015|Legal News|

The process of getting all the candidates lined up in the incentive auction starting gate has begun. The incentive spectrum auction process just got a lot more real. The FCC’s Eligibility Public Notice has been released and the count-down toward ...

Update: FCC Officially Releases Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form, Reminds TV Licensees of Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline

By FHH Law|2015-05-13T12:25:57-05:00May 13th, 2015|Legal News|

Our regular readers know that the FCC has developed – and obtained OMB approval of – Form 2100, Schedule 381. That’s the form that will have to be completed and filed, at some point in the upcoming months, by (a) all full-power and Cl...