United States: Broadcasting: Film, TV & Radio

A federal appeals court has ruled that FCC Bureau-level decisions can be judicially reviewed even without full Commission action, while simultaneously striking down guidance that would have expanded mandatory discounted advertising rates beyond candidates to include joint fundraising committees and political party coordinated expenditures. The decision challenges the FCC's increasing practice of delegating substantive policy decisions to its Bureaus while shielding those decisions from immediate judicial sc

SHOOTonline, a publication that served the commercial production industry for over six decades, has announced its closure. The site was an important source of legal and industry information for advertisers, agencies, and production companies throughout its long history.

Connecticut has enacted sweeping changes to workplace electronic monitoring requirements, mandating that employers provide detailed location-specific notices about surveillance activities and inform new hires about prohibited conduct that may be monitored. The new law, effective October 2026, significantly expands existing notice obligations while introducing carve-outs for security purposes and investigations of suspected misconduct.

The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau has opened a public comment period questioning whether ABC's daytime talk show The View qualifies as a bona fide news interview program...

As AI reshapes the advertising technology landscape, three fundamental shifts are redefining how companies allocate digital ad spend. With nearly one in three U.S. digital ad dollars flowing to connected TV and premium video, the industry is moving beyond surface-level AI integration toward strategic deployment that drives measurable outcomes and margin optimization.

In Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc., No. 2024-1822 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 28, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit distinguished between two sets of claims under a Section 101 analysis...

The Washington Department of Revenue (Department) has announced a temporary penalty relief program for businesses that did not collect or remit retail sales or use tax on certain services that became taxable on Oct. 1, 2025...

In recent months, various space and satellite companies have filed applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking authorization to deploy satellites to operate as orbital data centers.

District court denies WME's, Dave Franco's and Alison Brie's motion to dismiss copyright infringement suit claiming that their film Together copied StudioFest's screenplay Better Half, finding that Together and Better Half...