Comments Due Dec. 19 on FCC Foreign-Sponsored Content Update
Comments are due Dec. 19, replies Jan. 3, on proposals to update the FCC’s foreign-sponsored content rules (see 2210060068), according to a notice for Thursday's Federal Register. The proposed rule changes follow a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…
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Circuit decision that struck down a requirement to check federal databases. Updates would include requiring broadcasters and programming lessees to certify that programming deals aren’t sponsored by foreign governments. A bill that would explicitly grant the FCC the authority to require the federal database checks has also been filed in Congress (see 2211030057).