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
Theoretically, anybody currently facing a December 13, 2014 deadline for CALM Act compliance may be able to get a further extension. But we wouldn't count on it.… Continue Reading
Given up for dead by many, our old pal Aereo has managed to sidestep the Grim Reaper yet again.But just barely, and its future prospects are not good.… Continue Reading
The two-minute warning (actually, the 30-day warning) has been whistled on the sports blackout rule.… Continue Reading
FHH cable gurus Paul Feldman and Dan Kirkpatrick will be presenting a free webinar on "Cable TV Must-Carry & Retransmission Consent: Negotiating Agreements & Enforcing Rights" on October 23.… Continue Reading
LStelcomm AG is now an approved whitespace database administrator!… Continue Reading
The effective date for most, but not all, of the revised antenna structure rules revised by the FCC last month has now been set.… Continue Reading
Two former interns suing Gawker have taken an important step toward "class action" status.… Continue Reading
The webinar presented by Kevin Goldberg and Harry Cole on the on-going Aereo saga is now available online.… Continue Reading
Google has been approved as a white space database administrator . . . wait, didn't we already report this last year? Yes and no.… Continue Reading
The webinar on the must-carry/retransmission consent process presented by Dan Kirkpatrick and Paul Feldman is now available online.… Continue Reading
While maybe you took the summer off, our Aereo watchers, Kevin Goldberg and Harry Cole, did not.. They'll be presenting a free webinar on developments on the Aereo scene since the Supreme Court's decision.… Continue Reading
Attention TV licensees: MVPD carriage elections must be formalized by October 1 for carriage arrangements through 2017. Have YOU tied everything down yet?… Continue Reading
If you've got one or more tower structures, you may be in luck. The FCC has at long last taken a weed-whacker to Part 17 of its rules.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has requested comments on a proposal to impose online public file requirements on cable and satellite operators. And the Bureau has gone the proponents one big step further.… Continue Reading
Google has filed its report on the trial of its modified white space database administration system. Now you've got a chance to comment on it.… Continue Reading
Bad news for Aereo at the Copyright Office. Good news for Dish in the Ninth Circuit.… Continue Reading
Thinking about commenting on the FCC's latest proposed changes to the Emergency Alert System? We now know the deadlines.… Continue Reading
Trying to make lemonade out of the lemon handed to it by the Supreme Court, Aereo has come up with Plan B.… Continue Reading
If you've been wondering whatever happened to TV Max -- the Houston-area MVPD that was on the wrong end of a multi-million dollar fine for unauthorized retransmission of TV signals -- wonder no more.… Continue Reading
Problems with the EAS system surfaced in the 2011 nationwide test. Now the Commission is looking to fix them, but it could take a while and be pricey for EAS participants.… Continue Reading
The Supremes have spoken, and now it's the Swami's turn.… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has issued its decision in the Aereo case - and the winner is . . .… Continue Reading
In the white space database administrator sweepstakes, Comsearch has moved up in the pack.… Continue Reading
