Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2014

'We recently wrote about the proposed changes in the FCC’s rules about station-conducted contests , here. The FCC has proposed that much of the required disclosure about the material terms of these contests be allowed to be conducted online, rather than having to be announced on-air often enough so that listeners to the station are likely to have heard such announcements.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2014

'Two fines for EEO violations released Friday were among the rush of actions coming from the FCC last week as it tries to finish its work of 2014. Incentive auction procedures, MVPD redefinition, online public file issues , approvals of long-pending TV company mergers and so many other actions were taken in the last week that we can’t keep up. Now, we can add EEO violations to the list of year-end actions, as the FCC’s Media Bureau on Friday released two Notices of Apparent Liability to radio

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

'A decision by the US Court of Appeals on the appeal of the Copyright Royalty Board decision as to the Sirius XM and Music Choice royalties for the public performance of sound recordings is one of the many year-end decisions important to broadcasters and digital media companies that seems to be flooding out from Courts and agencies in DC and elsewhere.

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