Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In a consent decree released earlier this week , the FCC fined the parties to a LMA for an FM radio station in Colorado $8000 because the FCC believed that the programmer paid too many of the licensee’s expenses directly. According to the decision, the programmer paid certain debts of the licensee directly, including the licensee’s obligations on its tower lease, and the cost of its telephone line to the main studio.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As one of the many legislative changes that made their way into the Congressional Omnibus Spending Bill set to be voted out of Congress this week and signed by the President to keep the government operating for the next year, there is a provision authorizing TV stations to continue through September 30, 2025 operating with Joint Sales Agreements that were in place prior to the FCC action last year to order the termination of such agreement (see our article here ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The Copyright Royalty Board yesterday announced on its website the royalty rates that webcasters will pay to SoundExchange for the use of sound recordings in their digital transmissions over the Internet and to mobile devices in the period from 2016-2020. For commercial webcasters, the CRB set $.0017 as the per performance (i.e. the rate paid per song, per listener) rate for nonsubscription streaming, and $.0022 per performance for subscription streaming.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It seems like every streaming company, and every financial analyst and reporter covering the media beat has been breathlessly awaiting the release of the Copyright Royalty Board’s decision on Internet Radio Royalties that will apply to noninteractive streaming companies during the years 2016-2020. Many have been predicting a decision for days. But, in a public notice released today and available on the CRB website , the CRB announced that the that the decision will be released on Wednesday.

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