On July 12, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated a FCC order mandating disclosures for foreign government-sponsored programming. It was a victory for advocacy groups such as the NAB, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), which teamed up to challenge the rules.
Now, the Commission is starting all over again in its quest to “strengthen the process for identifying foreign governmental entities.”
