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On July 25, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes rules to require all radio and television broadcast stations that air political ads to...more
On June 27, 2024, the Federal Register published a summary of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on proposed revisions to Commission rules related to...more
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
On January 17, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to prioritize review of certain applications submitted by commercial and...more
Members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have long expressed concern about the consumer impacts of so-called retransmission consent “blackouts,” which occur when a multichannel video programming distributor...more
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
On December 12, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order (Order) that adopted rules to implement the Low Power Protection Act (LPPA). The rules, consistent with the FCC’s...more
This past Friday, the FCC released a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Multicast Licensing Order), setting forth rules regarding Next Gen multicast hosting arrangements and seeking...more
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
On June 22, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comment on the status of the Next Generation Television (Next Gen TV) transition and the scheduled sunset...more
On June 4, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record in its pending 2018 Quadrennial Review proceeding. Comments are due 30...more
On January 19, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order adopting technical changes to the agency’s rules pertaining to the use of a distributed transmission system (DTS), or...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has set the deadlines for commenting on the Foreign Government-Provided Programming Sponsorship ID Requirements Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which it adopted...more
On October 26, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which the Commission proposes to amend its sponsorship identification rules to require...more
In two separate actions this week, the FCC eliminated the requirement that broadcasters and others post station licenses and began a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether certain media ownership rules should be changed...more
C-Band Registration Filing Window Closes October 17, 2018 - Cable operators, Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs), radio and/or video broadcasters, video programmers, and other Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)...more
Today the FCC publicly released a Report and Order eliminating TV stations’ annual obligation to report whether they have provided feeable ancillary or supplementary services on their spectrum during the past year unless they...more
On October 26, 2017, the FCC released a draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would permit TV broadcasters to use the next generation broadcast television transmission standard (“ATSC 3.0”) on...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend its video description rules to increase the amount of required video described programming as well as the number...more
The FCC’s video description rules require covered broadcasters and MVPDs to provide audio-narration of the key visual elements of a program during pauses in the dialogue so as to make it more accessible to individuals who are...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the text of its Second Report and Order (R&O) adopting rules requiring multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to pass through the secondary audio stream...more