Retransmission Consent

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Commercial television stations are required to place copies of their must carry/retransmission consent election notices—but not their retransmission consent agreements—in their public inspection files and retain them “for the duration...

The Commission has imposed a large penalty—finally—on a group of cable operators for unauthorized retransmission of the broadcast signals of six different television stations.  The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has imposed...

Seeks further comment on elimination or modification of network non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules The Commission recently released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order”...