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FCC Grants Rare Waiver of Its Prohibition on Ownership of Top-Four TV Stations

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On June 18, 2024, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (Order) granting a rare waiver of its Top-Four Prohibition to allow Marquee Broadcasting...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2024 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2024, reflecting information for the months of April, May, and June 2024....more

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Few Changes to Local Radio or TV Ownership Rules in FCC's 2018 Quadrennial Ownership Order

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The FCC has completed its long-pending 2018 review of the broadcast multiple ownership rules. In making its determination of whether the ownership rules remain necessary in the public interest as a result of competition, the...more

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FCC Continues Slow March Toward Broader Acceptance of Ultra-Wideband Technologies

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Late last month, the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering & Technology (OET) granted Schlage Lock Company LLC a waiver of the Part 15 rules to market an ultra-wideband (UWB) device. This is the first UWB...more

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Media Bureau Opens 2022 Quadrennial Ownership Review Proceeding

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On December 22, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice (PN) commencing its 2022 Quadrennial Review of the Commission’s media ownership rules. Comments...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - October 2022

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Whether you’re a hardened business air warrior or someone who takes the occasional vacation flight, you’re conscientious. You understand that air travel makes a heavy contribution to CO2 emissions, and you’re wondering what...more

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The Supreme Court - April 1, 2021

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Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) provides a private right of action for those subject to the unlawful use of an “automatic telephone dialing system,” defined in the...more

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FCC Adopts New Rules and Procedures for Team Telecom Committee

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On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt a Report and Order that provides for new rules and procedures to formalize the review process of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

First and Second Quarter 2020 Issues/Programs Lists Advisory for Broadcast Stations

The Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) for each of the First Quarter and Second Quarter of 2020 must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of...more

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2019 3rd Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2019, reflecting information for the months of July, August and September 2019. Content of the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Proposes Expedited Treatment For New Technologies

Last week, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing guidelines and procedures designed to “breathe life” into Section 7 of the Communications Act. A somewhat obscure part – or, as Chairman Ajit Pai...more

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FCC Commissioners Debate Adjustments to Merger Review Standard

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In the first major transaction approval under Ajit Pai’s Chairmanship, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently approved, subject to targeted, transaction-specific conditions, license and authorization transfers...more

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Chairman Pai Steps-It-Up on Broadband Deployment

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Earlier this week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the formation of a new Broadband Advisory Committee, calling for nominations by February 15, 2017. The mission of the new FCC federal advisory committee is to make...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Broadband Privacy Part I: The FCC’s Ascension as a Privacy Regulator

Tomorrow, October 27, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to vote on new privacy rules for internet service providers (ISP) that will have a lasting impact on U.S. privacy regulation. In this special...more

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A Close to Open Internet Challenges?

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In a major victory for the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“DC Circuit”) upheld the Commission’s 2015 Open...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Opportunity in FCC Review of Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable Merger

The Federal Communications Commission has opened a proceeding to review the proposed merger announced in May between Charter Communications Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc., and the associated acquisition of Bright House...more

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