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Television Programming Disclosure Requirements

Womble Bond Dickinson

Certain Foreign Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Broadcasters Effective August 15

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - February 2017 #4

Not-So-Smart TV: Vizio Settles Over Data Collection - For installing software on smart TVs and collecting viewing data on 11 million consumers without their knowledge or consent, Vizio, Inc. will pay the Federal Trade...more

King & Spalding

Vizio Pays $2.2 Million To Settle With The FTC Over Its Data Collection And Sharing Practices

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On February 6, 2017, Vizio Inc., a manufacturer and seller of internet-connected “smart” televisions, agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Office of the New Jersey...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Who is Watching you Watch TV? If You Have VIZIO … Your TV Might Be Watching You

What does your TV-watching history say about you? According to a recent lawsuit against VIZIO, Inc., it might be more than you think! One of the world’s largest sellers of “smart” televisions has recently paid a $2.2 million...more

Lowndes

Big Brother and your TV – Vizio settles lawsuit with FTC and NJ Attorney General

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Vizio sold more than 11 million smart televisions since 2010. These televisions contained tracking devices which captured consumers’ IP addresses and television watching practices without alerting consumers or getting their...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Warns Advertisers to Check the Fine Print in “Operation Full Disclosure”; Shot Across the Bow Could Signal Law Enforcement...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week that it sent warning letters to more than 60 national advertisers regarding the inadequacy of disclosures in their television and print ads. The letters are part of an...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists and Children’s TV Programming Reports Due April 10, 2013—TV Stations...

By April 10, 2013, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license, and the programs aired during January, February...more

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