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Portions of New FCC Broadcast Foreign Sponsorship Identification Requirements Go Into Effect August 15, 2024

On August 15, 2024, portions of the Federal Communications Commission’s recent amendments to its broadcast sponsorship identification requirements for leased programming provided by foreign governmental entities (FSID Rules)...more

FCC Releases Proposed Changes to Rules for Low Power Television Stations

On June 10, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on revisions to Commission rules related to the Low Power Television (LPTV) Service,...more

FCC Amends and Clarifies Foreign Sponsorship ID Rules

On June 10, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Second Report and Order (Second R&O) that amends the Commission’s foreign sponsorship identification rules (FSID Rules). As explained in...more

FCC Releases 2018 Quadrennial Review Report and Order

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released the Report and Order (Order) in the 2018 Quadrennial Review, one day before the December 27 deadline mandated by the United States Court of Appeals for the...more

FCC Examines Increase in Minimum Broadband Speed Benchmark, Sets Future Gigabit-Speed Goal

On November 1, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released the Seventeenth Notice of Inquiry (NOI) into the state of broadband availability to all Americans, as required by Section 706 of the...more

FCC Expands Audio Description Requirements to All Television Markets

On October 17, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously adopted a Second Report and Order (Order) that will expand the Commission’s audio description mandate to television stations in all...more

Federal Communications Commission Seeks to Revive Net Neutrality Rules

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted, would comprehensively regulate broadband in the United States....more

FCC Proposes to Relax Restrictions on Digital FM Power Levels

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) recently released an Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that reaches several tentative conclusions designed to give digital FM stations more flexibility to...more

Biennial Ownership Reports: Plan for December 1 Deadline

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau announced that, beginning on October 2, 2023, the Commission will open a window during which licensees of commercial and non-commercial full power...more

White House and NTIA Announce BEAD Funding Allocations

On June 26, 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its funding allocations for the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. All 50 states received...more

FCC Adopts ATSC 3.0 Multicast Licensing Rules, Extends “Substantially Similar” and A/322 Sunsets

On June 23, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Third Report and Order (Order) in its Next Generation Broadcast Television (ATSC 3.0 or Next Gen TV) docket, as well as a Fourth Further...more

FCC Proposes “All In” Pricing for Cable and DBS Operators

On June 20, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to require cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to specify the...more

Initial Takeaways on the FCC’s New Privacy and Data Protection Task Force

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) launched a new “Privacy and Data Protection Task Force” (Task Force), throwing its proverbial hat into the ring to join the Federal Trade Commission,...more

FCC Finally Determines Scope of “Interoperable Video Conferencing Services” under the CVAA, Seeks Comment on Accessibility...

Driven by the central role that video conferencing services took on for millions of people during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to have today, on June 12, 2023 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)...more

FCC Launches Privacy and Data Protection Task Force

In a June 14, 2023 speech at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the FCC is launching a new, “first-ever” “Privacy...more

Rihanna’s Halftime Performance Was Nothing to Complain About (to the FCC, at least)

The leadup to the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show was filled with speculation about who would be the special guest that Rihanna teased. Would it be Adele, who said she was “going just for Rihanna”? Eminem? Someone else? Of...more

Comment Deadlines Set for 2022 Quadrennial Ownership Review

The deadline for submitting comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) 2022 Quadrennial Review of the Commission’s media ownership rules is March 3, 2023. Reply comments are due on March 20, 2023....more

Media Bureau Opens 2022 Quadrennial Ownership Review Proceeding

On December 22, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice (PN) commencing its 2022 Quadrennial Review of the Commission’s media ownership rules. Comments...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (September 20, 2022)

Regulatory Announcements- FTC Holds September Open Commission Meeting and Votes to Approve Government and Business Impersonation Fraud NPRM, Gig Work Policy Statement, and Dark Patterns Report. On September 15, the FTC held...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (August 8, 2022)

Regulatory Announcements- FTC Commissioner Phillips Plans to Leave the Agency in the Fall, Per Media Reports. On August 8, several media outlets reported that FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips informed his staff through a memo...more

FCC Seeks Comment on Status of ATSC 3.0 Transition

On June 22, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on the state of the Next Generation Television (Next Gen TV or ATSC...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft CPRA Regulations

On May 27, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency) released a much-anticipated draft of the regulations that would implement certain provisions of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)....more

National Privacy Law: Bipartisan Proposed Legislation Regarding Privacy Released

On June 3, 2022, Senator Wicker (R-Miss.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Representatives Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rodgers (R-Wash.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...more

AI Risk Management Framework Is Among Emerging Federal Initiatives on AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant policy interest for quite some time now, and a federal approach is taking shape. A recent flurry of federal activity on the AI front has emanated in large part from the U.S....more

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