Bulletin Categories: MVPDs

On January 3, 2025, the FCC unanimously adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) establishing new rules that will require MVPDs to report losses of broadcast station programming lasting over...

In a recently adopted Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”), the FCC invited comment on a proposed rule that would require cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to...

FCC Proposes “Blackout” Impasse Reporting Requirement for MVPDs Late last month, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) seeking comment on a proposal to require...

The last several months have seen meaningful advocacy regarding the FCC’s long-stalled proceeding considering whether to bring video streaming platforms (often called virtual multichannel video programming distributors, or “vMVPDs” for...

Just before the New Year, the FCC released its 2022 Communications Marketplace Report (the “Report”) evaluating competition to deliver voice, video, audio, and data services among broadcast stations, multichannel video...

We now know the effective date for rule changes that significantly modernize the FCC’s carriage election notice rules by moving broadcasters’ carriage election notices to primarily electronic means.  The Report...

Recently “re”-introduced legislation in the House of Representatives would require broadcasters and MVPDs to make certain disclosures relating to content generated by foreign entities, with the goal of preventing such...

Comment dates are now set on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) that the Commission adopted at its December meeting.  The Notice considers revisions to several rules requiring broadcast stations...