Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 14, 2016

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler yesterday used a blog post to announce that the Commission’s pending rulemaking concerning its retransmission consent rules is ending without the adoption of any additional rules. This proceeding was to review the “totality of the circumstances” test in determining whether TV stations and MVPDs (cable and satellite television systems) were negotiating in good faith to reach a retransmission consent agreement.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 14, 2016

The FCC yesterday announced a consent decree with Media General by which Media General agreed to pay a $700,000 “settlement payment” to the US Treasury to settle the investigation of its attempts to enforce the provisions of a Joint Sales Agreement with Schurz Communications. Media General had tried to enforce the JSA when Schurz tried to terminate that agreement in order to sell its station to Gray Television.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 10, 2016

Over the last several months, we have written about the risks of publishing ads or engaging in promotional activities that refer to the SUPER BOWL ® or MARCH MADNESS ® without first asking the NFL or the NCAA, respectively, for permission to use those marks. With millions of viewers about to tune into the OLYMPIC® games in Rio this August, we similarly remind our readers that any Olympic trademarks, symbols or other branded content should not be used in advertising and marketing campaigns acros

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