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While the FCC is planning at its July 10 meeting to change these reporting requirements to yearly ones if it adopts the draft order reforming its children’s television rules ( we wrote here about that draft order), these revisions will not be effective for many months, so stations should continue to observe this requirement. July is an important month for regulatory filings – even though it is one of those months with no FCC submissions tied to any license renewal dates. MORE
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Introduction. This past year, I’ve been very fortunate to be asked by a few small- and mid-sized entertainment businesses to handle some or all of their Business Affairs and Legal Affairs work; Work that traditionally would be handled by in-house counsel, but is noow being outsourced to me.
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So those of us who live in the "tape delayed" part of NBC's coverage map have a choice: (a) cease using communication devices and social media to avoid learning of results; or (b) watching the television coverage in spite of knowing the result. TelevisionHOW VIEWERS ARE IMPACTED BY "TAPE DELAYED" COVERAGE OF 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS As a sports fan in California, "watching" the 2010 Olympics has been a frustrating experience. NBC has provided the west coast with little live coverage.
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Jon Garon, Shepard Broad College of Law, is publishing Hidden Hands that Shaped the Marketplace of Ideas: Television's Early Transformation from Medium to Genre in volume 19 of the University of Denver Sports and Entertainment Law Journal (2016).
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NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Amy Rungpaka Hackley, Queen Mary, University of London, and Chris Hackley, University of London, Royal Holloway College, have published Television Product Placement Strategy in Thailand and the UK, in volume 3 of the Asian Journal of Business Research (2013).
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APRIL 19, 2011
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OCTOBER 3, 2013
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AUGUST 23, 2016
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JULY 26, 2010
Conley, Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, has published The Children’s Television Act: Reasons & Practice (forthcoming in Syracuse Law Review). Scott R. Here is the abstract. An average child will have watched between 10,000 and 15,000 hours of
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DECEMBER 2, 2013
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JUNE 6, 2011
Television TelevisionEriq Gardner Amid a huge Justice Department crackdown on online poker sites -- the biggest sponsors of poker shows -- channels including Fox and ESPN are yanking completed shows from their schedules ahead of their premieres. read more. THR, Esq.
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JUNE 24, 2019
In anticipation of its July 10 open meeting, the FCC last week released its draft Order making changes to its rules requiring television stations to broadcast specific amounts of educational and informational programming directed to children. The draft Order contains many other changes – and is worth careful review by all television operators.
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JANUARY 25, 2016
The Business Television Business THR OnlineAccording to Charles Lenhoff, minorities are being stifled because they are not the "marquee" element driving packages sold to studios. read more. THR, Esq.
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JULY 23, 2014
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MARCH 4, 2014
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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OCTOBER 14, 2010
Arpan Banerjee has published Television Content Regulation in India: Are News Channels Crying Wolf? at 21 Entertainment Law Review (no. 58) (2010). Here is the abstract. Comments on the Indian Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill 2007 and the News Broadcasting Standards
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FEBRUARY 9, 2012
The American Federation of Musicians, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Directors Guild of America, the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees and the Screen Actors Guild. (Net So speaking of thugs, why would Google have its henchmen start a union busting campaign in the entertainment industry, particularly the television business? Google Backed Netcoalition’s Anti-Union Dirty Tricks Campaign.
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APRIL 13, 2016
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APRIL 1, 2016
The Business Television Business THR OnlineSome developments in entertainment and media law news including the latest concerning the importation of infringing digital files. read more. THR, Esq.
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MAY 10, 2012
The Business Television Tech Business Comcast DirecTV Major League BaseballEriq Gardner A new antitrust lawsuit alleges that the deals between Major League Baseball and cable and satellite TV companies need to be reviewed as a violation of antitrust law. read more. THR, Esq.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2011
The founder responds by challenging plaintiffs to a televised "lie detector challenge." Television Television PoliticsEriq Gardner A Tea Party group has erupted into dissension with financial backers of a new TV network claiming a "sham." read more. THR, Esq.
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MARCH 9, 2013
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JUNE 30, 2019
While the FCC is planning at its July 10 meeting to change these reporting requirements to yearly ones if it adopts the draft order reforming its children’s television rules ( we wrote here about that draft order), these revisions will not be effective for many months, so stations should continue to observe this requirement. July is an important month for regulatory filings – even though it is one of those months with no FCC submissions tied to any license renewal dates.
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DECEMBER 6, 2011
Music Television Music American Idol Jersey Shore So You Think You Can DanceEriq Gardner Deyon Davis says that the performance rights organization is a "bully" and is taking advantage of music publishers in the way it accounts for song royalties from TV networks. read more. THR, Esq.
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JULY 15, 2019
The FCC at its open meeting last week took two actions important to TV broadcasters – modifying its children’s television rules and changing the process by which TV stations give notice to MVPDs of their must carry or retransmission consent elections. On the children’s television rules, the FCC largely adopted the proposals in their draft order, which we summarized here.
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AUGUST 9, 2014
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DECEMBER 21, 2016
Jean-Pierre Blais, head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), announced today that access to a minimum level of fixed broadband and mobile speed is a basic service for all Canadians.
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AUGUST 4, 2011
Television Television BusinessEriq Gardner Comcast says its satellite rival exploited the end of the NFL Lockout to conduct a broad advertising campaign that was false, misleading, and deceptive, as well as disparaging to its competitors. read more. THR, Esq.
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Wilbur, Duke University, Department of Marketing, have published Local Media Ownership and Viewpoint Diversity in Local Television News. Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University, and Kenneth C. Here is the abstract. Regulators have long sought to protect viewpoint diversity
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NOVEMBER 21, 2014
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
Television An appeals court rules that a man whose identity wasn''t concealed on a documentary series has a reasonable probability of prevailing against the cable network. read more. THR, Esq.
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