Here's a report on last night's demonstration of the new online public file system. And heads up -- if you didn't make it to last night's demo, the FCC has scheduled another for today, August 1, at 12 Noon (ET). Since the new public file rule takes effect tomorrow, August 2, there's no time like the present.… Continue Reading
With the August 2 effective date of the online TV public file rule just a couple of days away, more information about the FCC's system is bubbling to the surface. And check it out -- even though the rule hasn't kicked in yet.one of its elements has already been waived!… Continue Reading
The Commission will be conducting two online "screensharing" demonstrations of its new public file system. Heads up, though -- the first one is this Monday morning (July 30) at 9:00 a.m.… Continue Reading
It looks like, barring some unanticipated last-minute development, the FCC's online public file rule for TV stations will take effect on August 2, 2012.… Continue Reading
The NAB has replied to the FCC's opposition to the NAB's request that the effective date of the TV online public file rule be stayed.… Continue Reading
Just in time to give you something to read at the beach over the weekend, here's the FCC's opposition to the NAB's motion for stay of the online TV public file rule. And as a bonus, we're also sending along a copy of a second opposition, filed by a collection of intervenors who were just let into the case yesterday.… Continue Reading
Today was the day that the FCC was to debut its new online public file system for TV stations. We dropped by the FCC this morning to take a first-hand look at what the Feds have cooked up.… Continue Reading
In a move that should surprise nobody, the Media Bureau has denied the NAB's request that the effective date of the online public file rule be stayed.… Continue Reading
As predicted, the NAB has asked the D.C. Circuit to stay the FCC's seemingly irresistible juggernaut toward implementing the revised TV public file rule as of August 2.… Continue Reading
Mark your calendars! July 17 is the date,10:00 a.m. ET is the time! That's when All (or at least Something) Will Be Revealed about the cloud-based online system by which the FCC plans to maintain the public files of several thousand TV stations.… Continue Reading
In a public notice, the FCC has alluded, without elaboration, to upcoming "user testing" of its still-under-wraps online public file system. Meanwhile, the NAB has asked that the revised public file rule be stayed.… Continue Reading
