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FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Broadband Providers to Display Point-of-Sale Labels and Proposes New Rules Promoting Equal Access to Broadband Services

By Glenn S. Richards and Elizabeth Craig|2023-01-10T12:28:41-06:00January 10th, 2023|Legal News|

Broadband Providers Required to Display Point of Sale Labels On November 17, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order (Order) adopting rules requiring broadband internet service providers (ISPs or providers) to prominently display labels disclosing information about broadband prices, rates, data allowances and broadband speeds. The FCC has not yet announced […]

EAS Test Reporting System Form One Due by February 28, 2023

By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Adam J. Sandler|2023-01-05T15:24:11-06:00January 5th, 2023|Legal News|

The FCC’s Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau has announced that technical updates to the EAS Test Reporting System (“ETRS”) have been completed and the ETRS is open and available to accept filings of Form One by EAS participants. Under the FCC’s EAS Rules, EAS participants must update their identifying information annually via a Form […]

January Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, Children’s Programming Reports, Rulemaking Comments, Copyright Fees for Webcasters, and More

By David Oxenford and Robert Primosch|2022-12-29T20:38:06-06:00December 29th, 2022|Legal News|

The new year brings a series of regulatory deadlines in January and a February 1 license renewal deadline that broadcasters should take note of. As in 2022, the FCC will remain vigilant in making sure that its deadlines are met, so the following items should not be overlooked or left until the last minute. The... Continue Reading…

FCC Publishes Draft of National Broadband Map: Challenge Process Officially Begins

By Sara Hinkle|2022-11-21T08:00:15-06:00November 21st, 2022|Legal News|

On November 18th, the FCC published a draft of the long-awaited updated National Broadband Map. This version of the map shows the availability of fixed and mobile broadband as reported by internet service providers (“ISPs”) as of June 30, 2022. This map endeavors to improve upon the FCC’s broadband data collection via Form 477, which...… Continue Reading

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 11, 2022 to June 17, 2022

By David Oxenford and Robert Primosch|2022-06-19T08:58:25-05:00June 19th, 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. Comment dates have been announced in the Federal Register for the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to authorize LPTV... Continue Reading…

The February Pillsbury Antenna

By Scott R. Flick|2022-02-28T11:18:57-06:00February 28th, 2022|Legal News|

Please click here for this month’s edition of The Pillsbury Antenna, covering a variety of recent regulatory developments affecting broadcasters and highlighting upcoming deadlines.

Spotify, Joe Rogan and Neil Young – Looking at the Rights and Royalty Issues Behind the Story (Part 1 – Why Spotify Has Been Promoting More Podcasts)

By David Oxenford|2022-02-09T10:32:19-06:00February 9th, 2022|Legal News|

The last two weeks have been filled with stories about Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and other artists pulling their music from Spotify in protest of its carriage of the Joe Rogan podcast. While the political statements made by these actions generate the news, there are rights and royalty issues behind the story that are worth... Continue Reading…

Virginia’s New Consumer Data Protection Act

By Thomas Urban|2022-01-25T08:57:34-06:00January 25th, 2022|Legal News|

On March 2, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”) into law, making Virginia only the second state to enact such comprehensive data protection legislation (after California). The law itself becomes effective on January 1, 2023 and will be codified at Virginia Code §59.1-571. The VCDPA applies to all...… Continue Reading

Broadcasters and Giving Tuesday

By David Oxenford|2020-12-01T09:47:55-06:00December 1st, 2020|Legal News|

This has obviously been a most unusual year. So, on this Giving Tuesday (and it is also near my birthday, perhaps contributing to the desire to do something different), I thought that I would depart from our usual coverage of legal and policy issues and talk about something else – broadcasters giving back. Broadcasters have... Continue Reading…