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Bookending the Christmas weekend, the FCC’s long-awaited 2018 Quadrennial Review Report and Order was adopted on Friday, December 22 and released Tuesday, December 26. The Commission is required by Congress to conduct a...more
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
With the end of another year soon upon us, we have begun to look forward to the highs, lows, joys, and filings that 2023 has in store. In accordance with a Pillsbury holiday tradition, earlier this month we published our...more
Full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file their license renewal applications by December 1,...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
Television stations licensed in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma must file license renewal applications by Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice...more
Television stations licensed in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota must file license renewal applications by Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or...more
As of October 1, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has opened a window during which licensees of commercial and non-commercial full power television, Class A television, low power television, AM...more
Television stations licensed in Michigan and Ohio must file license renewal applications by Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) new public notice rule, a...more
We expect the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon open an application window for permits to construct new noncommercial educational (NCE) FM stations and to make major changes in existing stations (including...more
Television stations licensed in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi must file license renewal applications by Monday, February 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) new public...more
On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order that it hopes will encourage the deployment of the ATSC 3.0 Next Generation Television Standard (ATSC 3.0) and...more
Around 311 million people in the United States—roughly nine out of ten Americans—are under instructions to “Stay Home!” These captive audiences have resulted in a 17% increase in TV viewership across all demographics....more