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FCC Delays Compliance Deadline for Expanded FSID Reasonable Diligence Requirements; Expanded Rules Otherwise Take Effect June 7, 2026 May 29, 2026

By recent Public Notice (the “Notice”), the FCC provided broadcasters with meaningful relief regarding the coming expansion of the FCC’s rules governing leases of airtime for programming sponsored by foreign governmental entities...

*Foreign Sponsorship ID Compliance Update* Media Bureau Extends Compliance Deadline for Revised Rules to June 7, 2026 December 5, 2025

Today, December 5, 2025, the FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice (the “Notice”) announcing a new compliance deadline for the revised foreign sponsorship identification rules (the “FSID Rules”). Per...

*Foreign Sponsorship ID Compliance Update* Newly Expanded FSID Rules Take Effect; FCC Announces Compliance Not Required Until December 8, 2025 June 11, 2025

Today, June 10, 2025, the FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice (the “Notice”) announcing that the final parts of the newly expanded foreign sponsorship identification rules (the “FSID Rules”)...

*Foreign Sponsorship ID Compliance UPDATE* Foreign Sponsorship ID Rule Expansion to All Issue Ads and Paid PSAs Will NOT Occur on August 15, 2024, Per Informal Media Bureau Guidance; New Rules Likely Effective After November Election July 26, 2024

As we explained in a legal memorandum last week, the FCC’s revised foreign sponsorship identification rules (the “FSID Rules”) have now been officially published in the Federal Register and the...

*Foreign Sponsorship ID Compliance Update* New FSID Rules Move Closer to Taking Effect; Uncertain Timing for Applicability to Issue Ads, Paid PSAs, and Certain Other Categories of Programming July 19, 2024

Earlier this week, the FCC’s revamped foreign sponsorship identification rules (the “FSID Rules”) were officially published in the Federal Register and the subject of an FCC Public Notice (the “Releases”)...

Divided FCC Adopts More Broadcast Regulations, Including Expanded Foreign Sponsorship ID Requirements and Reinstated FM Duplication Prohibition June 11, 2024

Late yesterday, June 10, 2024, a sharply divided FCC released decisions expanding and/or reinstating several crucial broadcast regulations applicable to television and radio stations. We are currently evaluating each of...

FCC Proposes New Foreign Sponsorship ID Certifications, Seeks Additional Comment on Distinction Between Advertising and Leased Programming October 18, 2022

The Commission recently unanimously adopted and released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) proposing new compliance requirements related to the Commission’s foreign sponsorship identification rules. The Notice comes...

Breaking: D.C. Circuit Sides with NAB and Others Regarding FCC’s Foreign Sponsorship ID Rules, Vacates “Independent Confirmation” Requirement; Other Aspects of Rules Remain in Effect July 12, 2022

In an opinion (the “Opinion”) issued today, July 12, 2022, by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “Court”), the...

FCC Adopts Report and Order Requiring Foreign Sponsorship ID, Despite Broadcaster Opposition May 13, 2021

Over opposition from the broadcast industry, the FCC last month unanimously adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) to require specific, standardized disclosures relating to broadcast material paid for or...

FCC Proposes Additional Identification Requirements for Broadcast Material Paid for or Provided By Foreign Governments and Their Representatives November 12, 2020

In a widely anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”), the FCC is seeking comment on its proposal to require specific, standardized disclosures relating to broadcast material paid for or...