Last month we reported on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) through which the FCC is seeking comment on the way it processes proposals involving reportable levels of foreign ownership. The NPRM has now wended its way into the Federal Register, which means that the deadlines for comments and replies have been set. Get out … Continue Reading
Proposal would put other agencies on 90-day clock to complete review of possible national security issues. In an effort to facilitate foreign investment in U.S. common carrier and broadcast licensees, the FCC has proposed changes in the way it processes proposals involving reportable levels of foreign ownership. Historically, a major source of delay in the … Continue Reading
This is the story of how Pandora, in an effort to cut its copyright royalty costs, managed to saddle itself with a complex array of ownership reporting requirements designed by the FCC to keep Box Elder, South Dakota safe from aliens. It's a true story.… Continue Reading
If you're interested in the FCC's recent relaxation of its foreign ownership rules, FHH mavens (and regular CommLawBlog contributors) Don Evans and Frank Montero will be sharing their expertise in a webinar on October 23.… Continue Reading
Last summer the Coalition for Broadcast Investment asked the Commission to loosen up a bit clarify the way it applies its restrictions on alien ownership of broadcast licensees. The FCC has now invited comments on the proposal.… Continue Reading
The Communications Act imposes complex limits on alien ownership. The FCC's historical interpretation of those limits has made them even more complex. The Commission has now revisited that interpretation - with mixed results.… Continue Reading
Thinking about responding to the Commission's request for further comments in its alien ownership inquiry? Deadlines for those comments have now been set.… Continue Reading
The Commission has asked for more input in its search for ways to simplify the application of the Communications Act's foreign ownership restrictions.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about filing comments on the FCC's proposed relaxation of its approach to alien ownership, get out your calendar -- the comment/reply comment deadlines have now been set.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to liberalize its policies and processes for permitting alien ownership of common carrier and aeronautical radio station licenses.… Continue Reading
