Bulletin Categories: FCC Regulatory Reform

FCC to Consider Modernizing Station-Conducted Contest Regulations November 3, 2014

A one-line item on the FCC’s tentative agenda, released Oct. 31, announcing the topics for its Nov. 21 meeting may have been the least scary thing to be released on Halloween...

FCC Eliminates Sports Blackout Rules October 10, 2014

In an Order that has received nationwide attention both inside and outside the broadcast industry, the FCC last week eliminated its sports blackout rules. In doing so, the Commission called...

FCC Announces Proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Regulatory Fees, Implements Changes Announced Last Year July 7, 2014

The FCC has released its regulatory fees for fiscal year (“FY”) 2014. This year, the Commission is implementing many of the changes it announced last year at this time when...

FCC Seeks Comments on Proposal to Eliminate Sports Blackout Rules December 30, 2013

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) proposing to eliminate the Commission’s sports blackout rules, which prevent cable and satellite providers from carrying a sports event when the...