Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

'The FCC is cracking down hard on television stations and cable companies who use EAS alerts – or even simulations of such alerts – in advertising, promotions, and programming. In two orders released this week, the FCC imposed big penalties on video companies who used fake EAS alerts in commercial messages. In one case, it fined a cable programmer (Turner Broadcasting) $25,000 for the use of a simulated EAS tone (not using the actual tone, but just a set of tones that sounded like the EAS aler

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The Paralegal Resource

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The new propositions that were given out recently mentioned the age of retirement of Judges of State Supreme court. According to one of the propositions, the mandatory age of retirement for justices serving in State Supreme Courts as well as Court of Appeals will be raised to 80.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'“ Business Establishment Services ” are copyright-speak for those music services that provide background music to commercial establishments. These services have come a long way from the elevator music that once was so derided – and now set the mood in everything from retail clothing stores to restaurants to department stores with formats as varied as the commercial businesses themselves.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

'The FCC’s proposals for aiding AM radio have been released in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – one of the last actions for broadcasters under Acting FCC Chairman Mignon Clyburn (see our article here on the leftover broadcast issues with which her successor as chairman, Tom Wheeler, will have to deal ). The proposals for revitalizing the AM band that were contained in the NPRM are all ones that the Acting Chair had previewed at the NAB Radio Show , which we summarized in our article about that

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'There have been many Washington developments for broadcasters in the last week – and while it was all occurring, our Blog was undergoing a makeover, so some of the articles that we published in the last week may have been missed. Perhaps the biggest news was the confirmation and swearing in of the new FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler. Last week, we wrote this article setting out the many legal issues of relevance to broadcasters that will be facing the new Chair.

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The Paralegal Resource

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

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