FCC Adopts Broadcast Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Leased Programming Provided by Foreign Governments
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/21
On April 22, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order amending the Commission’s broadcast sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of leased programming sponsored by foreign governmental entities. As we noted in our summary of the October 2020 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the NPRM), the item relates to then-Chairman Pai’s pledge to “further the critical goal of transparency and apply it to foreign governments and political...
By: Wiley Rein LLP