The Media Bureau has opened the "long-form" filing window for the 1,239 FM vintage 2003 translator applicants previously identified as "singletons".… Continue Reading
At first blush, the Ninth Circuit decision allowing Dish to continue to offer its "Hopper" service may not look great for broadcasters, but let's not hop to any conclusions just yet.… Continue Reading
FHH expert (and CommLawBlog regular) Mitchell Lazarus is slated to give a webinar on obtaining FCC approval for new radio-based technologies.… Continue Reading
With renewed interest in EBS leasing, now appears to be a good time for EBS licensees to review some of the more prominent compensation-related factors involved in the process.… Continue Reading
Planning a Labor Day get-away? Good news! The new rules permitting 78-81 GHz radar for detection of "foreign object debris" on airport runways should be in effect by then.… Continue Reading
In a letter to the court, the broadcast defendants lay out a reasonably clear path forward - a path which takes them directly to No-Liability-Ville.… Continue Reading
There's been some movement on the USPTO front, but will Digimedia actually benefit or is this a last gasp effort in the long-lasting patent chess match?… Continue Reading
Put another one in the "W" column for Aereo. The Second Circuit has denied the petition for en banc review filed by the broadcast plaintiffs last April.… Continue Reading
A group led by the National Educational Broadband Service Association has proposed a plan to expand existing EBS service areas, paving the way for opportunities to file for EBS spectrum that has lain fallow for years.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about filing reply comments about any the 20 or so comments that have been filed relative to the FCC's proposed overhaul of the equipment certification process, you're in luck.… Continue Reading
Filers of the FCC Form 477 will be required to provide even more detailed deployment and subscription data on broadband and voice services.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to alter the way in which certain spectrum is to be shared between the government and private users. Here are the dates on which to offer your two cents' worth.… Continue Reading
The prospect of easier and cheaper Internet access on airplanes (at least in the U.S.) has taken a small step ahead with the establishment of comment deadlines.… Continue Reading
Apparently NOT, according to informal word from Audio Division staffers - even though that approach could undo much of the progress that has already been achieved on the FM translator/LPFM front.… Continue Reading
If you're one of the 170 or so TV stations who got a one-year waiver of the CALM Act requirements last year, the clock is ticking down.… Continue Reading