STELAR/STELA

The Commission recently released one its first decisions applying the new satellite market modification procedures adopted in the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (“STELAR”).  In response to a request filed...

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 the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Reauthorization Act of 2014 (“STELAR”), Congress authorized the General Accounting Office (“GAO”) to study and report on the potential effects of phasing out...

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...

After a tense year of competing proposals to reauthorize STELA, the House of Representatives, on November 19, 2014, passed the STELA Reauthorization Act (now called “STELAR,” but previous versions were...

On July 22, 2014, the House passed legislation on a voice vote that was the product of two bills previously approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House...

Last week in Congress, the House Commerce Committee’s Republican leadership released a draft bill reauthorizing important legislation related to retransmission consent.  The bill will affect different television stations in different...