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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2024

This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided the station’s signal to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2023.…

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FCC Enforcement Monitor October 2023

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others.  This month’s issue includes: Seven-Figure Fine Imposed on Pirate Radio Brothers $25,000 Fine Proposed for Kansas Radio Station EEO Rule Violations Satellite Company Enters…

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FCC Sets September 20 Payment Deadline for Reduced Radio and TV Regulatory Fees

Today the Federal Communications Commission released its annual Public Notice setting the deadline for paying annual regulatory fees.  Payments can be made via the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES) beginning today through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 20, 2023. In addition to marking this deadline on their calendars, broadcasters…

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New Fee Filing System Adds to September 28 FCC Regulatory Fee Deadline Challenges

The FCC released its Report and Order adopting the final amounts that regulatees must pay in annual regulatory fees for FY2022, and opened the filing window for making those payments. The window closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 28, 2022. If paying the fees wasn’t challenging enough, as…

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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 1, 2022

This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided the station’s signal to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2021.…

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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 2, 2021

This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2020. These stations…

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C-Band Lump Sum Election Deadline Extended

On July 30, 2020, the FCC released a Public Notice and Final Cost Category Schedule for the C-Band Relocation, and established August 31, 2020 as the deadline for C-Band earth station licensees to submit their lump sum election notices.  We discussed the Public Notice and Schedule here. In response to…

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C-Band Relocation Cost Schedule Released, with Earth Station Elections Due August 31, 2020

The FCC took another significant step in the C-Band reallocation process, releasing its Final Cost Category Schedule for Relocation Expenses of C-Band (3.7-4.2 GHz) satellite licensees. The Public Notice accompanying the cost schedule also established August 31, 2020 as the deadline for C-Band earth station licensees to elect whether they…

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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2020

This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2019. These stations…

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July 31, 2020 Marks First Deadline Under FCC’s New Must-Carry Election Regime

With much of the United States under COVID-19 stay-at-home directives, and frost warnings still in the forecast, it’s as good a time as any to review the upcoming cable and satellite carriage election process for television broadcasters. The FCC recently completed an overhaul of its rules governing how eligible television…