Showing 16 - 30 of 36 articles tagged "FCC"

• Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 1:49PM EDT

  Young Sheldon's alleged emergency alert misuse may lead to a $272,000 FCC fine

  The FCC has proposed fining CBS $272,000 after Young Sheldon simulated an Emergency Alert Service tone on the April 12,...

• Posted Saturday 9/07/19 at 3:40AM EDT

  5G is forcing hundreds of TV channels to change how they broadcast

  About 987 stations have been reassigned new frequencies to make way for 5G, but you'll only notice the change if...

• Posted Thursday 8/15/19 at 8:52PM EDT

  FCC fines ABC $395,000 after Jimmy Kimmel Live! simulated an emergency broadcast tone during a comedy sketch

  The FCC penalty was for an October 2018 sketch titled "Trump's Presidential Alerts – The Movie.

• Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 3:46PM EDT

  Read all the FCC complaints about Adam Levine's Super Bowl halftime show nipples

  Deadspin has rounded up the 94 complaints filed with the FCC over CBS' Super Bowl coverage, including emails objecting to...

• Posted Sunday 2/24/19 at 5:50PM EST

  More than 50 people filed FCC complaints over Adam Levine's Super Bowl halftime nipples

  Some of the complaints called out what they view as hypocrisy that the topless Maroon 5 frontman was able to...

• Posted Thursday 8/09/18 at 2:00PM EDT

  Tribune Media calls off $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcasting and files a $1 billion suit

  Tribune says Sinclair is on the hook for $1 billion after failing to get regulatory approval to acquire 42 of...

• Posted Tuesday 8/07/18 at 10:55PM EDT

  Investigation finds that John Oliver caused FCC's comment system to crash -- not a cyberattack, as was alleged

  The FCC kept sticking to its story that a cyberattack caused its electronic commenting system to crash last year.

• Posted Wednesday 7/25/18 at 3:24AM EDT

  Report: President Trump raged at his staff after spotting CNN on Melania's Trump's TV set aboard Air Force One

  The New York Times reports that Trump's recent reaction caused a "bit of a stir" aboard Air Force One.

• Posted Monday 7/16/18 at 8:37PM EDT

  Sinclair Broadcasting's $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune Media's TV stations looks all but dead

  The proposed deal to make the country's largest owner of TV stations even bigger, expanding its reach to nearly three-quarters...

• Posted Friday 7/13/18 at 11:36PM EDT

  Broadcasters want the FCC to cancel the three-hour minimum requirement for kids' TV programming

  With so many options for children's programming, broadcasters want to move their kids' TV programs to little-watched secondary digital channels.

• Posted Tuesday 7/10/18 at 11:58PM EDT

  FCC may charge you $225 to review a formal complaint

  The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote this week to decide that if a consumer isn't happy with the...

• Posted Wednesday 6/06/18 at 6:44PM EDT

  Emails show FCC "spread lies" about a fake cyberattack after John Oliver directed his fans to flood its commenting system

  The FCC's commenting system crashed after Oliver's Last Week Tonight stunt in support of neutrality last May, but the FCC...

• Posted Thursday 5/24/18 at 4:10AM EDT

  FCC has received a lot of complaints over YouTube, which it doesn't regulate

  After submitting a Freedom of Information request, Gizmodo's Matt Novak was given 81 pages full of complaints to the FCC...

• Posted Thursday 5/10/18 at 1:22PM EDT

  FCC received only three complaints over 60 Minutes' Stormy Daniels interview

  "I tuned in to watch 60 Minutes on Sunday March 25.

• Posted Wednesday 4/04/18 at 5:25PM EDT

  FCC received 162 indecency complaints over uncensored news coverage of President Trump's "sh*thole countries" comment

  CNN's uncensored use of "sh*thole" led to the most complaints, even though the FCC can't punish the cable news network...