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The Commission’s latest item in its ongoing Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative looks at updating cable operators’ notice requirements in light of the current state of many retransmission consent negotiations. ...

Broadcasters Claiming Victory as Congress Passes “STELAR” Legislation December 20, 2019

The broadcast industry is ending 2019 on a high note after securing what is generally being considered a big win on the STELAR legislation. No doubt by now you have...

FCC Order Modernizing Retrans Consent/Must-Carry Carriage Election Process Takes Effect October 29 August 29, 2019

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...

“Modern Television Act” Introduced; Broadcasters Opposing Legislation August 8, 2019

Just before adjourning for Congress’s August recess, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced their long-awaited video marketplace legislation, titled the “Modern Television Act of...

FCC Adopts Order That Moves Carriage Election Notices from Snail-Mail to Electronic Delivery July 11, 2019

Today, the FCC unanimously adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order”) that moves broadcasters’ carriage election notices to primarily electronic means, significantly modernizing the...

Draft Report and Order Would Help TV Broadcasters, Move Carriage Election Notices from Snail-Mail to Electronic Delivery July 5, 2019

Also on the agenda at the Commission’s July 10 open meeting is a draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Draft Order”) that proposes to move...

AT&T Invests in Free Internet Streaming Service “Locast”; Broadcasters Keeping Watchful Eye July 1, 2019

Many television broadcasters are keeping an eye on Locast—an Internet-based streaming service that picks up over-the-air broadcast signals and streams them live over the Internet on Locast’s website and apps...

FCC Seeks Comment on NAB-NCTA Joint Proposal to Modernize and Streamline Retrans Consent/Must Carry Election Process December 21, 2018

The days of broadcasters tracking down addresses and sending retransmission consent/must carry election notices to MVPDs via certified mail could be numbered if the FCC adopts a joint proposal submitted...

Commission’s Rejection of “Good Faith” Retrans Consent Complaint Offers Helpful Guidance for Broadcasters December 7, 2018

Last month, the Commission released an Opinion and Order (“Order”) in which it rejected an Alaskan broadcaster’s “good faith” retransmission consent negotiation complaint brought against a multichannel video programming distributor...

TV Stations: 2017 Must Carry & Retransmission Consent Elections Must be Made by October 1 September 8, 2017

It is time again for each full-power commercial television station to make an election for either retransmission consent or must carry status for its primary digital channel. Elections must be...