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FCC Seeks Comment on NAB-NCTA Joint Proposal to Modernize and Streamline Retrans Consent/Must Carry Election Process December 21, 2018

The days of broadcasters tracking down addresses and sending retransmission consent/must carry election notices to MVPDs via certified mail could be numbered if the FCC adopts a joint proposal submitted...

Commission’s Rejection of “Good Faith” Retrans Consent Complaint Offers Helpful Guidance for Broadcasters December 7, 2018

Last month, the Commission released an Opinion and Order (“Order”) in which it rejected an Alaskan broadcaster’s “good faith” retransmission consent negotiation complaint brought against a multichannel video programming distributor...

TV Stations: 2017 Must Carry & Retransmission Consent Elections Must be Made by October 1 September 8, 2017

It is time again for each full-power commercial television station to make an election for either retransmission consent or must carry status for its primary digital channel. Elections must be...

Broadcasters Settle Copyright Dispute With FilmOn X May 17, 2017

Settlement of the ongoing legal battle over copyright between broadcasters and FilmOn X has been announced—but precious few details are available due to the confidential nature of the settlement. As...

Ninth Circuit Rejects FilmOn X’s Bid for the Compulsory Copyright License March 22, 2017

In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Internet streaming service Aereo infringed copyright holders’ exclusive rights when it captured programs broadcast over the air and retransmitted them to paying...

No New Good Faith Retransmission Consent Negotiation Rules July 15, 2016

In an important victory for television broadcasters, FCC Chairman Wheeler announced Thursday, July 14, by blog post, that he will not, at this time, propose any new rules relating to the “totality...

The FCC’s Retransmission Consent Rulemaking October 8, 2015

In response to a congressional directive contained in last year’s reauthorization of the satellite home viewer act (“STELAR”), the FCC has initiated a rulemaking proceeding to review the “totality of...

Cable Operator Asks FCC to Adopt New Retransmission Consent Blackout Rule; FCC Seeks Input July 22, 2015

The FCC is seeking feedback on cable operator Mediacom’s recently filed petition that asks the FCC to change its retransmission consent rules to condition a TV station’s license renewal on...

Potential Complication for Retrans Negotiations: The FCC’s Recent Cable Rate Deregulation Decision June 10, 2015

Last week, the FCC adopted an Order establishing a “rebuttable presumption” that all cable operators are subject to “effective competition.” Over the vigorous objection of broadcasters, public interest groups, and...

California Federal Court Resolves Fox’s Copyright and Contract Claims Related to Dish’s Hopper Technologies February 4, 2015

After several years, the long-running litigation over DISH’s “Hopper” technologies is nearing conclusion in the trial court. In May 2012, Fox sued DISH Network for copyright infringement and breach of...