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FCC to Review Video Programming Marketplace; Requests Data on MVPDs, Broadcast TV, and Online Video Providers

By Brendan Holland on April 22, 2011

Posted in Digital Television, Internet Video, Television

The FCC is taking a close look at the video programming marketplace and gathering data that will undoubtedly shape its rules and policies in the coming years. Its review comes in the form of a periodic assessment of the multichannel video programming industry required by the Communications Act. By its Further Notice of Inquiry issued…

Federal Court Says No To Internet Retransmission; Section 111 Compulsory License Does Not Permit Internet Broadcasting Without Compliance With Federal Regulations

By Brendan Holland on March 2, 2011

Posted in Digital Television, Internet Video, On Line Media, Television

As our colleague Brian Hurh wrote recently on our sister blog, the www.broadbandlawadvisor.com, a federal district court last week granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the mere retransmission of broadcast television programs over the Internet, without more. The order is not only important for its confirmation of a 2008 Copyright Office decision rejecting Internet retransmission of video…

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FCC to Review Video Programming Marketplace; Requests Data on MVPDs, Broadcast TV, and Online Video Providers

Federal Court Says No To Internet Retransmission; Section 111 Compulsory License Does Not Permit Internet Broadcasting Without Compliance With Federal Regulations

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