TV Stations’ Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31

Does your television station produce local programming? 

In 2023, was your television station’s signal carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area, or by a satellite provider that provided the station’s signal to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area?

If so, your station’s royalty claims for compensation must be filed with the United States Copyright Royalty Board by July 31.

Lauren Lynch Flick, Scott Flick and Elizabeth Craig, attorneys with TAB’s FCC legal counsel Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, have prepared a detailed advisory on the topic for such TV stations, available here.

Questions not covered by the advisory may be addressed to TAB’s member station legal hotline.

Contact TAB’s Michael Schneider or call (512) 322-9944.