Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 7, 2016

In the last two days, the FCC has asked for public comment on two proposals for foreign ownership of US broadcast stations where that ownership would exceed 25% of the company – a limit that has for decades been seen as the upper end of ownership by foreign nationals. While the FCC three years ago said that they would consider such ownership on a case by case basis (see our article here ), up until this week, the FCC had considered only one case under this new flexible policy – and that was the

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 6, 2016

In this fast moving world of legal technology, you may think that four month old podcasts are already passé, but technology doesn’t move THAT fast. And if you were thinking of trying out one of our podcast interviews from TECHSHOW 2016, why don’t you start with the ones favored by other listeners? These four podcasts were the most downloaded and they continue to be popular, even months after the event.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 6, 2016

New FAA rules for drones were recently approved, and the rules may provide more opportunities for broadcasters to get in the game. Emilie de Lozier from my firm offers these thoughts: Broadcasters, prepare for takeoff later this summer. The Federal Aviation Administration recently finalized rules to broadly permit the commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (“sUAS”) – or drones – provided certain requirements are met.

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