FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 77World Cup Report-Part VII, with Mike Brown
On June 10, 2025, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice (Notice) announcing that broadcasters have until December 8, 2025 to comply with the FCC’s expanded rules...more
After a court struck down the requirement that broadcasters research federal sources to verify that buyers of airtime are not foreign government entities or agents, the FCC is proposing once again to “fortify” its foreign...more
On Oct. 6, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second NPRM) in which it proposes changes to its current foreign sponsorship disclosure requirements for...more
On September 6, 2022, the D.C. Circuit issued its mandate in NAB v. FCC, causing the vacatur of the requirement that broadcasters independently verify whether parties leasing time on their stations are “foreign governmental...more
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) new rules governing foreign sponsorship disclosures for broadcasters went into effect on March 15, 2022. Broadcast stations airing BBC, France 24, Al Jazeera and Deutsche Welle...more
On March 15, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s broadcast sponsorship identification requirements for leased programming provided by foreign governmental entities, adopted almost a year ago, will go into...more
On April 22, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) released a Report and Order (the Order) wherein it adopted rules requiring broadcasters to disclose whether certain programming aired on their...more
On April 22, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order amending the Commission’s broadcast sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of leased programming...more
The changes oblige foreign TV channels to have registered representative offices. Beginning January 1, 2017, changes to the Kazakhstan Broadcasting Law will take effect that will apply to the operation of foreign TV and...more