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The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (“MO&O”) that both clarifies and increases the public file obligations relating to political ads aired by broadcasters or via...more
The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2019 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 pm Eastern time on September 24, although the FCC‘s Fee Filer is accepting fee payments...more
We are now within the 60-day political “window” prior to the midterm elections coming up on November 6, 2018. What this means to broadcasters and cable operators is that any legally qualified candidate for public...more
The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2018 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 pm Eastern time on September 25, although the FCC‘s Fee Filer is accepting fee payments...more
The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2016 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 pm Eastern time on September 27, although the FCC‘s Fee Filer is accepting fees now. As in...more
The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2015 fiscal year. The fees must be received by the FCC by 11:59 PM EDT on September 24, 2015. The FCC’s electronic payment system is...more
The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2014 fiscal year. The due date is Sept. 23, 2014. The fees are intended to recover the Commission's cost of operations, estimated to be...more
At its February 2014 Open Meeting today, the FCC approved new regulations governing the quality of closed captions that must appear in television programming. As noted in our earlier advisory, the long-awaited rules stem from...more