FCC Adopts All-In Pricing Requirements for Video Service Providers
FCC Action, FCC Regulatory Fees
|Earlier this year, the FCC released an Order adopting new rules that will require MVPDs to provide the “all-in” price of video programming as a prominent single line item on subscribers’ bills and in promotional materials that state a price.
FCC Releases AI-Generated Political Advertising Proposal
FCC Action
|Do you Know Your Political Advertising Requirements?
Retransmission Consent 2023 – A New Paradigm
Retransmission Consent
|What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, streaming was still in its infancy, mostly dominated by Netflix. For local broadcast content, consumers primarily had only two choices– subscription cable via a Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) or free over the-air (OTA) via an antenna.Operators risked losing customers to a competitor (most likely satellite)…
Retransmission Consent – A Primer for 2023
Retransmission Consent
|This year is a “cycle year” meaning many retransmission agreements will be up for renewal. Operators will be forced to respond to unchecked retransmission fee increases and detailed agreements. As you enter into negotiations, you need to know and remember that there have been recent changes and interpretations of the rules.
30 Years of Retrans – Where Do We Go from Here?
Retransmission Consent
|October 5, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, and the establishment of retransmission consent. What a difference 30 years make!
FCC Announces Broadband Data Collection Filing Window Now Open Filing Due by September 1, 2023
Copyright, FCC Filings
|Broadband Data Collection filing due by September 1, 2023. Facilities-based broadband service providers must report where the providers make mass-market Internet access service available as of June 30, 2023. Reminder: Copyright Forms and Fees Due by August 29, 2023