Last August the Commission decided that all TV pickup licenses in the 6875-7125 MHz and 12700-13200 MHz bands will have to be registered in ULS. The implementation of that requirement is now inching forward.… Continue Reading
Interested in commenting on possible asymmetric sideband operation for HD Radio operations? The relatively short comment period has begun.… Continue Reading
The expansion of the ancillary/supplementary services reporting requirement to include LPTV/TV Translator/Class A TV digital operations has become effective . . . and none too soon, since the deadline for filing that report is December 1.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has conceded that a shared services arrangement involving a couple of Hawaii TV licensees doesn't violate any rules -- but the Bureau has nevertheless served notice that that arrangement may cause the licensees big problems at renewal time.… Continue Reading
While the FCC may take its own sweet time when it comes to getting its processes cranked up for some proceedings, that's not always the case.… Continue Reading
All you DTV broadcasters! Before you start to carve the turkey and settle in for a long Thanksgiving weekend of football later this week, don't forget to make a note in your calendar that Form 317 is due at the FCC by December 1.… Continue Reading
Hot on the heels of its abandonment of the "enhanced disclosure" reporting form adopted in 2007 (but never implemented), the Commission has made good on its promise to come up with a replacement. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the 2011 edition of "Standardized Television Disclosure Form 355".… Continue Reading
Call me Ishmael! That's how the Commission might have opened its leviathan Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the proceeding to overhaul the Universal Service Fund.… Continue Reading
Seven parties have sought reconsideration of last July's Second Report and Order setting the schedule for the final digital transition of LPTV/TV Translator/Class A TV stations. If you want to comment on any of those recon petitions, now's your chance.… Continue Reading
The Commission has received one - and, apparently, only one - petition for reconsideration of its Open Internet order. Could that slow down the judicial review process?… Continue Reading
The FCC requires manufacturers and wireless service providers to offer a variety of cellphone handsets that carry certain ratings for hearing aid compatibility.… Continue Reading
Looking for a more transparent, efficient, predictable FCC? Some folks on the Capitol Hill are looking, too, and they think they may have found some answers.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has announced that it will not accept FM commercial and noncommercial educational minor change applications during the Auction 93 Form 175 application filing window in early 2012.… Continue Reading
"Effective dates" can be hard to pin down, thanks to contradictions, omissions and an overall lack of clarity by the FCC - take Form 477 as an example.… Continue Reading
The American Association of Advertising Agencies has adopted a new "best practices" policy addressing "non-discrimination vendor policies and procedures". A couple of FCC Commissioners have given the new policy the enthusiastic thumbs-up -- but is the policy really what the Commission had in mind?… Continue Reading
