United States: Broadcasting: Film, TV & Radio

As entertainment lawyers, we are often asked a deceptively simple question by creatives, producers, and studios: “Can we use this trademark in our project?”

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.

Immersive, venue-based adaptations of film and TV franchises are creating unsettled legal questions about copyright classification, rights grants, and compensation structures. Using The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere as an example, this analysis explores whether these spatial experiences constitute mere exhibition or transformative derivative works, and examines the implications for legacy IP, talent rights, guild obligations, and the emergence of immersive entertainment as a distinct distribution window.

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.

Educational Broadband Service (EBS) and Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licenses are Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorizations for using 2.5 GHz spectrum intended...

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.