Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The FCC today issued a Public Notice extending the deadline for the filing of the initial forms for broadcasters to participate in the incentive auction. We wrote about the form here , and the initial deadline here. The deadline is extended from December 18 to January 12. This also has the affect of extending the date for entering into Channel Sharing Agreements (see our articles here and here ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With the Federal Aviation Administration convening a task force to require the registration of most drones, I thought that it was worth taking another look at the current rules regulating the use of by media companies of what are more officially called unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”) and unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly called “drones”). We offered some discussion of the FAA process to license drone for commercial use a few months ago, here.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

What legal issues should a broadcaster be concerned about when expanding its use of digital media ? Two weeks ago, I did a presentation for the CBI National Student Electronic Media Conference on issues for college broadcasters who are using digital media. While this presentation was made to college broadcasters, most of the issues discussed are relevant to commercial broadcasters as well, especially to broadcasters who are expanding their digital presence – whether by increasing content on th

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In Friday’s Federal Register, the FCC published a summary of the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking looking to revise its policies regarding the ownership of broadcast stations by non-US citizens setting the date for comments on its proposal of December 21 , with Reply Comments being due by January 20. The FCC two years ago issued a Declaratory Ruling confirming that it would allow broadcasters to have foreign ownership (in a licensee’s parent company) of greater than 25%, overturning w

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