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January Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, Children’s Programming Reports, Rulemaking Comments, Copyright Fees for Webcasters, and More

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Top 4 stations are required to provide audio description for 50 hours per calendar quarter, either during prime time or on children’s programming, and 37.5 additional hours of audio description per calendar quarter between 6 a.m. Various disclosure obligations apply if the programming does in fact come from a foreign government entity.

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February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: Children’s TV Reporting, License Renewals, EEO Filings, FCC Proceedings, and More

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By February 1 , TV stations in Kansas , Nebraska , and Oklahoma and radio stations in New York and New Jersey must file their license renewal applications through the FCC’s Licensing and Management System (LMS) on Form 2100, Schedule 303-S.

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January Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: Issues/Programs Lists; Digital LPTV Deadline; Audio Description Expansion; Children’s Programming, Webcasting Royalties; NCE FM Settlement Window; and More

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These possible protections include limiting news aggregators in their use of the title or snippets of the content of publishers without consent, extended rights for publishers to protect “hot news,” and even some government-set royalties on the use of publisher’s content by digital sites. See the Federal Register notice, here.

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February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – TV Renewals, EEO Reports, Lots of TV Incentive Auction Activity, OTT MVPD and Contest Comments, and Last-Minute January Deadlines for Webcasting

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By February 2, noncommercial TV stations in Arkansas , Louisiana , Mississippi , New Jersey , and New York should file with the FCC their Biennial Ownership Reports , and noncommercial radio stations in Kansas , Nebraska , and Oklahoma should be filing those same reports on February 2.