Data / Federal rules / 2024-01505
Reporting Requirements for Commercial Television Broadcast Station Blackouts
The Federal Communications Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 26, 2024. Comments closed on February 26, 2024.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission proposes a reporting framework for TV station blackouts occurring on video service platforms offered by cable operators, satellite TV providers, and other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). The proposed rule would require notification to the Commission when broadcast programming is disrupted for over 24 hours as a result of an inability to obtain a broadcast station's consent to retransmit its signal. The proposed reporting framework would require MVPDs to publicly report to the Commission the beginning and end of any qualifying blackout of a commercial broadcast television station, or stations, and disclose either publicly or confidentially the number of subscribers affected by the blackout. Timely notification of these blackouts via a Commission-hosted reporting portal would ensure that the Commission and the public receive prompt and accurate information about critical MVPD service disruptions involving broadcast stations when they occur.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-01505
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- January 26, 2024
- Comments due
- February 26, 2024
- Dates
- Comments are due on or before February 26, 2024. Reply comments are due on or before March 26, 2024. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before March 26, 2024.
- Docket
- MB Docket No. 23-427; FCC 23-115; FR ID 197786
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 76
- Topics
- Television
- Pages
- 16
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