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Silly Lawsuit Against SAG Dismissed; and More
15, 2011, is noteworthy for two reasons. 1, 2011, is 2.5% (2% increase in minimums and 0.5% Those issues will probably be hard fought. You may have blissfully forgotten this misbegotten legal action, filed a year and a half ago (!), but the courts haven’t. Or maybe not. This morning, yet another judge declared the lawsuit moot.
Digital Media Law - Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Congress to Rewrite the Communications Act - What Could It Mean For Broadcasters?
Rick Boucher , the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet , merely states that they will "will invite stakeholders to participate in a series of bipartisan, issue-focused meetings beginning in June" to address the issues that would be involved in such a rewrite. Henry A.
Broadcast Law Blog - Monday, May 24, 2010
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Congress Passes STELA Act Extending Satellite Television Provisions and Changing the Definition of Unserved Household
Although the Act did not tackle many of the issues that had been raised and debated regarding satellite television and the rebroadcast of local station over the past six months, the final bill does allow Dish Network to get back into the business of rebroadcasting distant signals directly, instead of through a third party.
Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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  • Fines For Public Inspection File Issues - Noncommercial Broadcasters Enter into Consent Decrees to Resolve Rule Violations
    In two consent decrees released last week, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau agreed to significant "voluntary contributions" to the US Treasury to settle noncompliance issues reported in license renewal applications filed by noncommercial radio stations. Such scrutiny can often take a year, and sometimes several years, to resolve.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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  • Details of the Broadcaster SoundExchange Settlement on Webcasting Royalties
    The rates : The rates, which represent some savings under the CRB rate for the years between 2007 and 2011, are set forth below. We reported on the settlement under the Webcaster Settlement Act between the NAB and SoundExchange on Internet Radio Royalties. The publication sets out several other details of the settlement, set forth below.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Friday, March 6, 2009
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  • Details of Webcasting Royalty Settlements for Noncommercial Webcasters Including Educational and Religious Internet Radio Operators
    These settlements provide another example of the issue raised before the Senate Judiciary Committee of the arbitrary nature of the precedential nature that will be accorded to WSA settlements in future webcasting proceedings. 2011 $0.0017. One settlement was with Noncommercial Educational Webcasters. 0002 (.02¢) 0.00057. 0.00067.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, August 9, 2009
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  • WGA STRIKE OFFICIALLY OVER
    The agreement, accepted by the WGA's ruling board over two weeks ago on February 10, provides writers with concessions on issues that fueled their strike. The three year deal runs through 2011. Writers on both coasts officially ratified the WGA's new pact with the major studios.
    Entertainment Litigation Blog - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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  • Ambrogi Elected Trustee of Bar Foundation
    was elected to fill the seat vacated by a retiring trustee, Carol Witt of Salem, and as such will serve an abbreviated term through January 2011. have been a fellow of the MBF since 1992 and a life member since 2002. have also served on its regional and subject-matter grant-making committees for several years. MBF President Laurence M.
    Media Law - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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  • Can the NFL Learn from Plaxico Burress?
    The NFL dominates the pro sports landscape in the United States, but if recent reports are any indication, a labor lockout that would derail the 2011 season is no longer merely possible; it’s probable. Whether the 2011 NFL season will actually be threatened remains to be seen, but the stakes are high. 8211; Ethan Flatt.
    JetLawBlog - Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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  • SAG Rejects Studio Offer; Back to Stalemate
    Meanwhile, SAG’s main objection to the AMPTP offer is not new media per se, but the rather more prosaic issue of contract expiration date. SAG wants the contract to expire June 30, 2011, which would put in synch with AFTRA and just a couple months later than the Writers Guild. What next? Or, they could lock actors out.
    Digital Media Law - Saturday, February 21, 2009
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  • Brendan Holland Conducts Webinar for Michigan Association of Broadcasters on FCC EEO Rules
    With annual EEO public file reports due for stations in Michigan by June 1st, and the next broadcast station license renewal cycle just around the corner in 2011, stations need to make sure that they are familiar with the FCC’s EEO rules and are taking all the steps necessary to ensure that they stay out of trouble.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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  • Studios Release Final Offer to SAG
    The revised SAG Agreement would expire June 30, 2011. This is big, and surprising, because the WGA Agreement expires May 1, 2011. For instance, if the deal were ratified January 1, 2009 (unlikely), then the 2nd year bumps would occur approximately January 1, 2010 and 2011. UPDATE: The AFTRA deal deferred this issue to SAG.)
    Digital Media Law - Thursday, December 4, 2008
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  • Congress to Rewrite the Communications Act - What Could It Mean For Broadcasters?
    Rick Boucher , the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet , merely states that they will "will invite stakeholders to participate in a series of bipartisan, issue-focused meetings beginning in June" to address the issues that would be involved in such a rewrite. Henry A.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Monday, May 24, 2010
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