FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 77World Cup Report-Part VII, with Mike Brown
Section 317 of the Communications Act requires broadcast licensees to inform their audiences of when programming is being aired in exchange for payment or compensation to the station....more
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
On November 18, 2022, a summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second NPRM) proposing to amend its rules for the identification of foreign government-sponsored...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) exceeded its statutory authority in requiring, as part of a new foreign sponsorship...more
On July 12, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion that vacated the requirement that broadcasters independently verify whether parties leasing time on their stations...more
Rules Effective Now for New Program Leasing Agreements, Although Appeal is Pending - The FCC has announced the effectiveness of rules that will now require broadcasters to disclose when foreign governments or their...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
In late April 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules that require on-air programming sponsored or furnished by a foreign government to contain a disclosure statement noting the foreign government...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
The Federal Communications Commission has slowly opened the door to indirect parent entity foreign ownership of broadcast station licenses. This gradual relaxation of longstanding U.S. federal policy has continued to the...more
On September 4, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission issued a new rule requiring foreign media outlets to submit reports to the FCC disclosing their relationships with foreign principals. The notice was issued pursuant...more