The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau today handed out fines to three TV shows and a radio company for “misusing” the Emergency Alert System or Wireless Emergency Alert tones.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and AMC’s The Walking Deadwere hit with six-figure penalties, while Animal Planet’s Lone Star Law and the parent company of…
In a 3-2 party-line vote, the Republican-controlled FCC voted Wednesday to ease rules governing children’s programming broadcasts.
The move, which had been widely expected, is the first update of the so-called “kid vid” restrictions since they were imposed nearly 30 years ago. In essence, the original aim of the rules…
In the year since the Federal Communications Commission effectively torpedoed Sinclair Broadcast Group’s planned $3.9 billion merger with Tribune Media, the possibility has existed that an investigation could result.
This week, the FCC confirmed it is formally looking into whether Sinclair had intentionally misled…
The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote July 10 on possible easing of rules enacted in 1996 that require broadcasters to air a certain amount of children’s TV programming.
Judging by statements from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, the likely outcome will be a much looser regulatory environment, given the multitude…
UPDATED with WGAW statement, 10: 26: The $26 billion merger of Sprint and T-Mobile will get the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission in exchange for pledges by the company to build out a 5G network that will cover 99% of the U.S. by 2026, officials said Monday.
The WGA West issued this statement Tuesday…
The House voted Wednesday to approve the “Save the Internet Act,” a bill that would restore net neutrality, which proponents see as a way of safeguarding free and open information exchange online.
Reaction among industry factions was predictably split, with the FCC issuing a salty statement and the Writers Guild and…
Nexstar Media Group, whose pending deal to acquire Tribune Media will make it the No. 1 owner of local TV stations in the U.S., said it is selling off 19 stations in 15 markets, a move that will net the company $1.32 billion in cash.
Rival station groups Tegna and E.W. Scripps are acquiring the stations. Nexstar said…
UPDATED with video:John Oliver is robocalling all FCC commissioners, including his nemesis, FCC chairman Ajit Pai, to protest Pai’s decision not to attack the menace that keeps growing.
Thanks to new tactics, which Oliver detailed on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, robocalling is only getting worse. Some pundits estimate…
UPDATED with FCC commissioner statement: Democrats on Capitol Hill, now that they control the House of Representatives, are resuming their efforts to restore net neutrality with the introduction of a new bill in both the House and Senate.
Dubbed the Save the Internet Act, the legislation aims to return conditions to…
An Administrative Law Judge reviewing Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ultimately unsuccessful effort to acquire Tribune Media at the FCC’s behest has dismissed the case with prejudice, urging a more thorough investigation of the matter.
Judge Jane Halprin issued an order today saying proceeding with hearings in the case…
The WGA East is blasting the FCC's proposed new rules that would allow dual ownership of TV stations in local markets, a decision that the guild says "would make it possible for media conglomerates to further nationalize local news."
"Further consolidation of local radio and television station ownership would rob…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has canceled his trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year because of the partial government shutdown, according to reports.
Pai had been scheduled speak at the confab Tuesday about the changing technological landscape.
That event has been removed from the trade show’s…
