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Media Bureau 2012 Headline Archives

The following items are actions and rulemakings recently released.

5/22/12
William Lake, Chief, Media Bureau - Channel Sharing Workshop Presentation.
Presentation: Acrobat

5/16/12
Comment Sought on 2 Digital Media Association Petitions for Exemption/Waiver.  Comments due: 6/15/12.  Reply Comments due: 7/2/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/14/12
Request for Stay of Public Comment Period - OTARD SBCA Petition.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/11/12
FCC Announces LPFM and FM Translator Public Forum.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

5/10/12
Media Bureau Grants Waiver of Network Representation Rule to MundoFox.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/10/12
Media Ministries, Inc. Consent Decree.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Consent Decree: Acrobat

5/9/12
Designated Game Show Network, LLC's Program Carriage Complaint Against Cablevision Systems Corp. for Hearing Before an Administrative Law Judge.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/8/12
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Petition for Rulemaking Requesting Amendment of the OTARD Rule.  Comments due: 6/7/12.  Reply Comments due: 6/22/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/2/12
Media Bureau Grants In Part Bloomberg's News Neighborhooding Complaint.
News MO&O: Word | Acrobat

5/1/12
FCC Announces Details for May 22, 2012 Channel Sharing Workshop.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

4/27/12
FCC Modernizes Broadcast Television Public Inspection Files to Give the Public Online Access to Information Previously Available Only at TV Stations.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Second R&O: Word | Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/27/12
FCC Adopts New Rules Permitting TV Channel Sharing by Broadcasters; Enacts First Step Towards Freeing Up Spectrum Under Incentive Auction.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
R&O: Word | Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/26/12
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Petition for Declaratory Ruling That an Ordinance of the City of Chicago, Illinois is Preempted by the Commission's Over-The-Air Reception Devices Rule.  Responses Due: 5/29/12.  Replies Due: 6/12/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/26/12
FCC Proposes to Allow NCE Stations to Conduct Third-Party Fundraising.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/25/12
William Lake, Chief, Media Bureau – Remarks at The Media Institute.
Remarks: Acrobat

4/24/12
Comment Sought On Second VPAAC Report: Interfaces, Guides And Menus.  Comments Due: 5/24/12.  Reply Comments Due: 6/8/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/24/12
Comment Sought on 2nd VPAAC Report: Video Description/Emergency Information.  Comments Due: 5/24/12.  Reply Comments Due:  6/8/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/24/12
Deadlines Extended for Comments on the Terms "MVPD" and "Channel".  Extended Comments Due: 5/14/12.  Extended Reply Comments Due:  6/13/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/23/12
Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines Announced for Program Access NPRM.  NPRM Comments Due: 6/22/12.  NPRM Reply Comments Due:  7/23/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/12/12
Broadcast Station Totals as of March 31, 2012.
News Release: Acrobat

4/12/12
LPFM Channel Finder Tool Now Available.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/12/12
EEO Forfeiture of $11,000 Issued to Full Channel TV, Inc., Bristol, Rhode Island.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

4/9/12
Media Bureau Announces Comment Deadlines in Low Power FM Rule Making.  NPRM Comment Date: 5/7/12.  NPRM Reply Comment Date: 5/21/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/9/12
Boston: Petition for Recertification.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

4/4/12
Fourth Quarter 2011 Inflation Adjustment Figures For Cable Operators Using FCC Form 1240 Now Available.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/30/12
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Interpretation of the Term "Multichannel Video Programming Distributor" and "Channel" as Raised in Pending Program Access Complaint Proceeding.  Comments Due: 4/30/12.  Reply Comments Due: 5/30/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/30/12
Notice of Effective Date of New IP Closed Captioning Rules.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/26/12
Media Bureau Extends Reply Comment Filing Deadline in the 2010 Quadrennial Regulatory Review.  Extended Reply Comments Due: 4/17/12.
Order: Word | Acrobat

3/22/12
Bureau Extends Benchmark Condition Comment Deadlines.  Extended Comments Due: 4/3/12.  Extended Reply Comments Due: 4/17/12.
Order: Word | Acrobat

3/20/12
Revision of the Commission's Program Access Rules.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

3/19/12
FCC Takes Additional Steps to Implement the Local Community Radio Act.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order (FCC 12-28): Word | Acrobat
Order (FCC 12-29): Word | Acrobat
Appendix A (FCC 12-29): Excel | Acrobat
Appendix B (FCC 12-29): Excel | Acrobat

3/16/12
Bailey Cable TV, Inc. Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the Amount of $15,000 for Station WVLA-TV.
NALF: Word | Acrobat

3/16/12
Bailey Cable TV, Inc. Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the Amount of $15,000 for Station WGMB-TV.
NALF: Word | Acrobat

3/13/12
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Whether to Clarify Benchmark Condition.
Report: Word | Acrobat

3/12/12
Media Bureau Announces Revisions to TV Renewal Procedures and Form 303-S.
Report: Word | Acrobat

3/9/12
Report on Average Rates for Cable Programming Service and Equipment.
Report: Word | Acrobat

2/28/12
Media Bureau Grants Two Waivers of the Integration Ban.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/17/12
FCC Begins 2012 EEO Audits.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/10/12
Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

2/6/12
Comment Dates Established For Fox Petition For Expedited Waiver of 47 C.F.R. Section 73.658(i), The Network Representation Rule.  Comments Due: 3/7/12.  Reply Comments Due: 3/22/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/6/12
The Office of Communications Business Opportunities and the Media Bureau Announce the Release of a Request for Quotation for Study Examining the Critical Information Needs of the American Public.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/2/12
FCC Denies Petition for Reconsideration Filed by Minority Media and Telecommunications Council.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

1/20/12
Quadrennial Review NPRM - Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules.  Comments Due: 3/5/12.  Reply Comments Due: 4/3/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/17/12
Media Bureau Issues Order for Dish Network to Disclose Agreements.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/13/12
Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Programming.
R&O: Word | Acrobat McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat

1/12/12
Commission Seeks Comment on Petition for Rulemaking Seeking Elimination of the Sports Blackout Rule.  Responses due: 2/13/12.  Replies due: 2/28/12.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/12/12
Extension for Amendments to Pending NBCO Waiver Requests.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/9/12
Certain AOl-Time Warner Conditions Terminated.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/6/12
Comment and Reply Comment Dates Extended for Standard Program Report.  Extended Comments Due: 1/27/12.  Extended Reply Comments Due: 2/9/12.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/6/12
Third Quarter 2011 Inflation Adjustment Figures Now Available.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/6/12
Report on the Regional Sports Network Marketplace.
Report: Word | Acrobat

1/6/12
Broadcast Station Totals as of December 31, 2011.
News Release: Acrobat

1/5/12
LPFM Economic Study and Report to Congress.
Report: Word | Acrobat


For more information pertaining to the Media Bureau, please call:  (202) 418-7200.

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