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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Clarifies Closed-Captioning Requirements for Video Programming Delivered Using IP and Apparatus Used by Consumers

David Darwin co-authored this post. Last Friday, the FCC clarified several aspects of the complex closed-captioning regulations adopted last year applicable to service and content providers using Internet protocol…

FCC Permits Confirmatory Opt-Out Texts Under TCPA

Jameson Dempsey co-authored this post.In a ruling that FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai described as "a win for consumers and for innovative companies alike," the FCC granted a petition for declaratory ruling filed by…

Kelley Drye's "The Smart Phone Revolution" Webinar Recording and Presentation

Mobile marketing, sweepstakes and services, including location-based services, are governed by an alphabet soup of statutes and regulations: TCPA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, CPNI, etc. To complicate compliance even further,…

Register Today for the Kelley Drye Webinar "The Smartphone Revolution"

Mobile marketing, sweepstakes and services, including location-based services, are governed by an alphabet soup of statutes and regulations: TCPA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, CPNI, etc. To complicate compliance even further,…

What FCC v. Fox Television Means for Non-Broadcasters

In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., the US Supreme Court reversed FCC indecency fines against two TV broadcast networks. The decision has garnered a lot of attention in the broadcast industry and conventional…