📡FCC Proposes Rules to Enhance Network Improvements and Safety
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on deregulatory options to encourage providers to build, maintain, and upgrade their networks such that all consumers and businesses can benefit from technological strides in the communications marketplace, while safeguarding consumers' access to critical emergency services such as 911. These actions propose to reduce regulatory barriers that prevent much-needed investment in and deployment of broadband and thus hinder the transition to all-IP networks offering a plethora of advanced communications services, and seek comment on ways to further fast-track the delivery of services to consumers through modernized networks while protecting public safety.
Learn More📺FCC Removes Obsolete Regulations Impacting Cable Businesses
In this document, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) conforms part 76 of the Commission's rules to the court decisions in Time Warner Cable Inc. v. FCC, which vacated the temporary standstill rule for program carriage complaint proceedings, and EchoStar Satellite LLC v. FCC, which set aside two 2003 Commission orders adopting the encoding rules.
Learn More📺Cable Television Laboratories Membership Changes and Antitrust Notice
The Department of Justice provides notice regarding membership changes in Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. The announcement outlines the termination of a partnership and reiterates the company's commitment to filing notifications for future changes, ensuring adherence to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act.
Learn More📶FCC Rule Amendments Affecting Telecommunications Compliance
In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communication Commission (Commission) conforms certain rule parts in the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect the rules that are actually in effect as a result of the Ohio Telecom and Iowa Utilities Board II decisions.
Learn More📡FCC's Initiative to Remove Obsolete Regulations for Businesses
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission acts to eliminate certain outdated, obsolete, and unnecessary rules.
Learn More📺FCC Deregulates Cable Television Rates for Small Operators
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) eliminates unnecessary cable rate regulation forms and rules; deregulates cable equipment not used exclusively to receive the basic cable service tier; deregulates small cable systems serving 15,000 or fewer subscribers that are owned by small cable companies serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers; declines to extend rate regulation to commercial establishments; and modifies rules to account for the sunset of CPST regulation and clarifies their application. This action is necessary because many of the FCC's rules governing cable rate regulation have been rendered obsolete or unworkable due to the sunset of cable programming service tier (CPST) rate regulation and the passage of time. In addition, in this document, the FCC closes several moot proceedings and dockets which are either resolved by this document or have become obsolete or irrelevant due to regulatory updates, technology advances, marketplace changes, or have been addressed in other FCC orders. The actions taken in this document by the FCC will have the effect of streamlining the cable television rate regulations, unleashing prosperity through deregulation, and reducing the administrative burdens on the cable industry, franchising authorities, and the FCC, while continuing to fulfill the statutory obligation to subscribers to ensure reasonable rates for cable service and equipment.
Learn More📺Changes in Cable Television Laboratories Membership and Antitrust Notice
The Department of Justice has issued a notice regarding changes to the membership of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., including the addition of new parties and the termination of several others. This notice pertains to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 and emphasizes ongoing membership and notifications related to antitrust provisions.
Learn More♿FCC Regulation on Accessibility of Video Programming and Captioning
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with implementing the requirement that manufacturers of covered apparatus and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) make closed captioning display settings readily accessible to individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, adopted by the Commission on July 18, 2024, in the Accessibility of User Interfaces, and Video Programming Guides and Menus Third Report and Order (Order). This document is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the compliance date of the "readily accessible" rule and revise the rule accordingly.
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