Bulletin Categories: Retransmission

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...

As stations prepare to pay their FY 2023 FCC regulatory fees by September 20th and plan for the October 4th EAS NPT, television broadcasters must not forget another crucial deadline...

October 1, 2023, is the deadline by which full-power and qualifying Class A television stations must upload to their OPIF and, if applicable, notify cable systems and satellite providers (“MVPDs”)...

In a recent significant Forfeiture Order (the “Order”), issued by the three current FCC Commissioners and Acting FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, the FCC formally imposed a per-station fine of $512,228 against...

In a recent Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “Order”), the FCC dismissed a December 2020 carriage complaint in which a broadcaster (the “Broadcaster”) alleged that a cable provider (the “MVPD”)...

In an important about-face, the Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau recently issued an Order declining to terminate an ongoing proceeding in which the Commission is considering whether to treat...

In a different development of potentially great significance relating to retransmission consent, the Commission earlier this month issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture...

As we prepare to turn the calendar page to July, we write today to provide you with a “how-to” memo regarding implementation of the FCC’s new retransmission consent/must carry election...

A broadcaster has admitted that it did not negotiate retransmission consent in “good faith,” agreed to pay a $100,000 civil penalty, and agreed to implement a three-year compliance plan to...

The Commission has targeted the “significantly viewed” rules as the latest regulation in need of a fresh look in its ongoing “Media Modernization Initiative.”  In a recently adopted  Notice of...