Breaking Apart the Purchase Price: A Taxing Endeavor
When RBR+TVBR reports on a broadcast transaction, we report the full value of the sale. When the IRS looks at it, it sees a variety of assets, many of which are treated differently for tax purposes. As attorney Erwin Krasnow of Garvey Schubert Barer explains, the way the total is broken down is important.
FCC Adopts NPRM to Review EEO Rules
When the FCC initiated its most recent EEO audits, noted D.C. communications lawyer David Oxenford said the Commission was planning a rulemaking to review the effectiveness of its EEO rules for broadcasting and multi-channel video operators. The NPRM is now here.
Charter, ACA Connects To FCC: Free Up C-Band Spectrum
ACA Connects, Competitive Carriers Association and Charter Communications teamed to present a comprehensive proposal for repurposing a large portion of valuable midband spectrum, C-Band spectrum -- at least 370 MHz or more -- for 5G wireless services.
FCC Tweaks TV Repack Reimbursement Pricing
The Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau have updated the price ranges listed in their catalog of eligible reimbursement expenses, used to reimburse full power and Class A TV stations and MVPDs from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund. What's the impact here?
Calendar Update: Your FCC Deadlines for Q3
The attorneys at Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth have put together a great update on broadcast deadlines for July through September that every radio and TV station licensee should read. We've condensed it for you, courtesy of the D.C. communications law firm.
Census 2020 Citizenship Question Nixed … For Now
For broadcast media, Census 2020 is vitally important, as it will help shape the content radio and television provided to consumers on a market-by-market basis. A question regarding citizenship has been a hot-button issue. As of now, that question won't be asked ... just yet.
Meet Wiley Rein’s New TMT Partner
A former Assistant U.S. Attorney with extensive experience in financial services enforcement matters has joined noted Washington, D.C. communication law practice Wiley Rein as a partner in its Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) Practice.
SPECTRUM NOW: A Nonpartisan Push Starts In The Senate
A bill that would facilitate the speedy deployment of 5G by allowing government agencies to become more efficient and effective in their spectrum use and requiring key mid-band frequencies be made available for commercial wireless use has been introduced in the Senate.
ACA To FCC: Grant Retrans Consent Complaint Against Gray
The primary lobbying group and voice on Capitol Hill for the nation's smallest and, in great part, most rural MVPDs has asked the FCC to grant a retransmission consent complaint filed by one of its members against one of the nation's largest owners of broadcast TV stations.
LRFA Support Continues To Grow In D.C.
Support continues to grow on Capitol Hill for a NAB-supported resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. This includes one more U.S. Senator, and a half-dozen more House members.
FCC Schedules Multilingual Emergency Workshop
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC will host a public workshop on Friday, June 28, to help inform state and local emergency management and planning authorities on actions they can take to implement multilingual alerts over the
EAS and WEA system.
House OK’s More Money For U.S. Pubcasters
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved $495 million in advance funding for public broadcasting in Fiscal Year 2022, the first increase for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in 10 years.
DOJ Reaches Info Sharing Settlement With TV Groups, Cox Reps
The DOJ has reached settlements with five owners of broadcast TV stations, as well as Cox Reps, to resolve a Department lawsuit brought as part of its ongoing investigation into exchanges of competitively sensitive information in the broadcast TV industry.
A House E&C Member’s Surprise Retirement Stuns D.C.
Susan Brooks was elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 5th congressional district in 2012. The Republican serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and has been a key legislator on Capitol Hill on all things pertaining to the FCC. Not anymore.
A Refresher on the FCC’s Lowest Unit Charge Rules
With the lowest unit charge window for the November elections in effect since Sept. 7, 2018 and the first 2020 Democratic Presidential Debates coming at month's end, we revisit a review of FCC rules and policies affecting those charges presented by Wilkinson Barker Knauer partner David Oxenford.