The Media Bureau develops, recommends and administers the policy and licensing programs relating to electronic media, including cable television, broadcast television, and radio in the United States and its territories. The Media Bureau also handles post-licensing matters regarding Direct Broadcast Satellite service.

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11/28/08
Media Bureau Grants extension to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. until February 27, 2009 to implement their voluntary commitment to provide a Qualified Entity rights to 4% of the audio channels on the Sirius and XM platforms.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

11/26/08
Media Bureau Announces Deadline for Filing Petitions to Deny Related to Licenses Authorizing Urban Television to Broadcast on Channels Licensed to Subsidiaries of Ion Media Networks.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

11/26/08
FCC Grants Requests for Special Temporary Authority for WAKA-DT, Selma, Alabama.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/19/08
Oral Roberts University, Community Television Educators, Inc., for a Construction Permit for a New Noncommercial Educational Television Station on DTV Channel *26, Tulsa, OK.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/7/08
Adopted Rules for the Use of Distributed Transmission System (DTS) Technologies in the Digital Television (DTV) Service.
RO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/7/08
Media Bureau Extends Deadline for Cox, Calvary, Bonneville, Scranton, and Morris to File Amendments to Pending Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Waivers. Deadline Extended to 12/8/08.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/31/08
Table of Allotments for FM Broadcast Stations in Evergreen, Alabama, and Shalimar, Florida.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps & Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

10/31/08
Table of Allotments For FM Broadcast Stations in Lincoln and Sherman, Illinois.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps & Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

10/30/08
Media Bureau Upholds Arbitrator Finding that Time Warner Cable Discriminated Against MASN by Refusing MASN Carriage in North Carolina.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/17/08
Media Bureau Extended Reply Comment Date on Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising. Extended Reply Comment Date: 11/21/08.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/10/08
Media Bureau Finds Independent Programmers Make Prima Facie Case of Program Carriage Discrimination Against Cable Operators.
Erratum (10/15/08): Word | Acrobat
MO&HDO: Word | Acrobat

10/10/08
Television Stations Reminded to Update Their FCC Form 387 - DTV Transition Status Report By October 20, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

Headlines Archive

• Electronic Filing and Public Access.
• 3/3/06
  FCC Media Bureau Releases 12th Annual Video Competition Report to Congress: [Report: Word | Acrobat | News Release: Word | Acrobat | Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat | Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat | Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat | Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat]
• 12/27/06
  FCC Releases Report on 2005 Cable Industry Prices: [Report: Word | Acrobat | News Release: Word | Acrobat | Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat | Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat | Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat | McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat]

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