As part of the Paperwork Reduction Act process necessary to secure another three-year OK from OMB, the FCC has solicited comments on its local public inspection file rules again.… Continue Reading
Reminder: You should think hard about whether you need to pay summer interns instead of claiming that their "compensation" consists solely of school credit.… Continue Reading
Thanks to Congress, we can be expecting some old and some new standards governing MVPD and satellite market modification proceedings,… Continue Reading
If you're planning on filing a petition for rulemaking with the FCC but you're out of paper, or maybe your printer is low on toner and the local Kinko's is closed, we've got good news for you.… Continue Reading
If you want to comment on the FCC's proposal to expand its online public file requirements to radio licensees, cable operators and satellite broadcast services, get your calendars out - the comment deadlines have been set.… Continue Reading
If you're planning to chip in your two cents' worth on the FCC's proposed redefinition of the MVPD universe, you're in luck: the comment deadlines have been extended.… Continue Reading
The redefinition of "broadband" is meant to reflect changes in how people use their Internet connections. Much of that change can be summed up in one word: Netflix.… Continue Reading
The federal government has announced its annual adjustment of the thresholds it will use to trigger automatic DOJ/FTC review of mergers and acquisitions.… Continue Reading
The MVPD universe is set to be redefined to include services "untethered" from any infrastructure-based definition ... if, that is, a proposal laid out by the FCC takes hold. The deadlines for comments on the proposal have just been announced.… Continue Reading
The date by which certain types of filings will have be submitted electronically (rather than the old-fashioned way, on paper) has now been announced.… Continue Reading
New captioning rules set to take effect early next year do not directly reach many, if not most, "video programmers". The FCC is considering ways to address that circumstance.… Continue Reading
While the FCC is moving unusually fast on this, we probably shouldn't be surprised. But the Commission's proposal is not without its ironies.… Continue Reading
In a move presumably designed to make everybody's lives easier, ECFS has been expanded to accept a wide range of filings that previously could be filed only on paper.… Continue Reading
Christmas is coming early this year ... if, that is, you're a direct broadcast satellite (DBS), cable or other MVPD operator, or a low power TV licensee.… Continue Reading
