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Must-carry or retransmission consent? Television stations must notify cable and satellite operators by October 1st

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 20 2011

Just a reminder that by October 1, Television stations must once again make their triennial carriage elections

Broadcast station reminder: license renewal pre- and post-filing announcements, EEO public file reports, and noncommercial ownership reports due August 1 for select states

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2011

Just a reminder to broadcast stations in certain states of several upcoming August 1st obligations

FCC adopts closed captioning rules for online video programming

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 17 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order (R&O) establishing rules for the closed captioning of video programming delivered via Internet protocol (i.e., IP video), as required by the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA

Broadcast station reminders: license renewals, pre- and post-filing announcements, EEO public file reports, and noncommercial ownership reports due for select states

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 19 2012

Just a reminder to broadcast stations in certain states of several upcoming February obligations

FCC overturns hundreds of closed captioning undue burden exemptions and provides, seeks comment on, interpretation of related "economically burdensome" standard

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 21 2011

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has reversed a five-year-old decision by its Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (“CGB” or “Bureau”) that had granted certain video programmers “undue burden” exemptions from the FCC’s closed captioning rules

FCC releases technical paper on reallocation of TV spectrum and announces June 25th engineering forum to discuss options

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 15 2010

On Tuesday, the Commission's Omnibus Broadband Initiative (OBI) released a technical paper addressing the options for reallocating a portion of the spectrum currently used for broadcast television

Beginning Oct. 1st AM radio comes to the FM dial

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2009

With today's Federal Register publication of the FCC's recent Order amending the rules governing FM Translator stations, the date is officially set at October 1st for when AM stations can begin to rebroadcast their signals on FM translators

Broadcast station update: EEO reports due October 1

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2009

By Oct. 1, 2009, radio and television Station Employment Units in the listed states and territories must place in their Public Inspection File and post on their Web site, if they have one, their FCC Annual EEO Public File Report

Broadcast station reminder: quarterly issues programs lists due Oct. 10

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 15 2009

By Oct. 10, 2009, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare and place in their public inspection files a list of important issues facing their communities, and the programs aired in the months of July, August and September dealing with those issues

Broadcast television station reminder: FCC Form 398 children's programming quarterly reports due Oct. 10

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2009

By Oct. 10, 2009, all commercial full-power television stations and Class A LPTV stations must prepare and file an FCC Form 398 Children's Programming Report for the Third Quarter of 2009 with the FCC