FCC Fines 21 Licensees over Three Million Dollars for Violating KidVid Rules
| FCC Action
FCC fines 21 broadcast licensees nearly 3.4 million dollars for exceeding the children’s programming commercial limits in violation of the KidVid Rules.
FCC Regulatory Fee Payments Due September 28, 2022
| EEO, FCC Regulatory Fees
On September 2, 2022, the FCC released an Order and Notice of Inquiry establishing itsFiscal Year 2022 regulatory fees, and announced that regulatory fee payments must be madeno later than September 28, 2022.
FCC and FEMA Urge All Emergency Alert System Participants, including MVPDs, to Take Immediate Steps to Secure EAS Equipment
| FCC Action
FCC urges all EAS Participants to secure their EAS equipment against risks impacting devices that are publicly accessible from the Internet. All EAS Participants must ensure that their EAS equipment’s monitoring andtransmitting functions are available whenever the stations and systems are operating.
Industry Veteran Scott Abbott Joins Cinnamon Mueller
| Copyright, FCC Action, FCC Filings, Firm Update
We are pleased to announce Scott Abbott joined our firm. Welcome aboard, Scott! Inaugural Broadband Data Collection Filing Due September 1, 2022. Broadband providers must file broadband and voice availability and subscribership data as of June 30, 2022 in both the BDC system and the Form 477 filing interface. FCC Form 477 Due September 1,…
Inaugural Broadband Data Collection Filing Window Now Open
| Copyright, FCC Action, FCC Filings
Inaugural Broadband Data Collection Filing Window Now Open. Facilities-based broadband service providers may now file data reflecting where the providers make mass-market Internet access service available as of June 30, 2022. FCC Form 477 Due September 1, 2022. Form must report information about broadband connections and localtelephone service as of June 30, 2022. Copyright Forms…
FCC Proposes FY 2022 Regulatory Fees
| FCC Regulatory Fees
FCC Proposes FY 2022 Cable Regulatory Fees.