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FCC Sets Regulatory Fees - Payment Date Not Yet Set
The FCC has released its order setting this year's Regulatory Fees to be paid by broadcast stations. Full-power television stations will have to pay on their digital operations, even if they were operating with STA facilities on October 1, 2009, the beginning of the fiscal year for which these fees are paid. AM Class A. Box 979084.
Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, July 11, 2010
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July 8 Filing Deadline for Commercial Broadcast Stations Form 323 Ownership Report - Clarifications Issued
The long-delayed revised Biennial ownership reports (about which we last wrote here ) for commercial broadcast stations, on the new Form 323 , are due on July 8 , and the FCC is in the process of clarifying what it needs. The idea behind the revised Form 323 was to give the FCC a better idea of the ownership of broadcast stations.
Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Beware of City of License Change Proposal That May Not Be Implemented
The FCC staff stated that the applicant who had received authority to change city of license was obligated to construct its stations at the new community. Immediately prior to expiration of the construction permit in 2006, its licensee re-filed for identical facilities, and did so again immediately prior to the 2009 expiration date.
Broadcast Law Blog - Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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  • And the most-pirated film of 2009 is....
    By Eriq Gardner Paramount's worst fears are confirmed: "Star Trek" was the most pirated film of 2009. In October, studio COO Frederick Huntsberry delivered a presentation to the FCC that detailed how "Star Trek" had become a hot commodity in.
    THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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  • Comcast sues FCC over P2P network regulation
    Last August, FCC chairman Kevin Martin came down hard on Comcast after the company took steps. Tags: FCC Litigation By Eriq Gardner Comcast is suing the Federal Communications Commission, challenging the government agency's authority to regulate how ISPs thwart customers using peer-to-peer networks.
    THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Monday, August 17, 2009
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  • FCC Regulatory Fees Are Due By September 22, 2009
    The FCC has announced the due date for their Annual Regulatory Fees - September 22. So read the advisory , review the FCC's instructions in the notices that the Commission is now sending to broadcasters, and check out to the links that the FCC's website information that are available through the advisory - and then pay what you owe on time!
    Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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  • Obama's FCC pick: the early reviews are in
    By Eriq Gardner As predicted by this humble blog after Barack Obama's election in November, the president-elect is reportedly set to name his former Harvard Law classmate, Julius Genachowski, to be the new FCC chairman.Genachowski served as the top tech. Tags: FCC
    THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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  • MOTHERFUCKER! Fox v. FCC Overturned; Clarence Thomas Captured by Space Aliens!
    FCC was overturned. Prior decision discussed here) At least the Court left open the question of whether the FCC’s policy might violate the First Amendment in certain [.]. Tags: First Amendment First Amendment Bad Ass censorship culture entertainment law fcc by Marc J.
    The Legal Satyricon - Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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  • FCC Clarifies Commencement of DTV on June 12th
    The FCC yesterday issued a brief Order clarifying that stations that are flash-cutting to digital on their analog channel, or are otherwise commencing digital service on another channel as part of the transition, have the flexibility to do so at any time on June 12th without further authorization from the FCC.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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  • FCC Application Fees Going Up on February 18
    Months ago, the FCC announced that the fees paid by broadcasters (and other services) for the processing of applications and other filings would be going up. It was only recently that the notice was published in the Federal Register, and the FCC has now announced that the new fees will go into effect on February 18.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Friday, February 6, 2009
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  • FCC Chair Announces Position on Net Neutrality
    From the FCC Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined the concrete actions he believes the Commission must take to preserve the free and open Internet at a speech today at The Brookings Institution. The Internet is an extraordinary
    Media Law Prof Blog - Monday, September 21, 2009
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  • FCC Application Filing Fees Did Not Go Up on February 18 - But Stay Tuned
    The week before last, we wrote that FCC's filing fees for applications submitted to the Commission would be going up on February 18, and included a link to the FCC Fee Filing Guide for the new fees. Tags: FCC Fees So those new fees have not become effective yet - though we would expect that they will be soon.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Monday, February 23, 2009
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  • Buyers of Stock of FCC Licensee are not Relieved from Fines for FCC Violations of Former Owners
    The FCC last week issued a decision that should make Buyers think twice in determining how sales of broadcast stations are concluded - especially in the days of $325,000 potential fines for indecency violations. Tags: FCC Fines For instance, Sellers of stock in C Corporations often have tax incentives for the sale of stock (e.g.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Saturday, January 17, 2009
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