FCC Confirms Sept 29 Meeting Agenda

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Thursday, September 29, 2016. The FCC will consider:

• A Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would leverage advancements in technology to improve wireless emergency alert content, delivery and testing, while seeking comment on further measures to ensure effective alerts.
• A Report and Order that extends to broadcast licensees the same streamlined rules and procedures that common carrier wireless licensees use to seek approval for foreign ownership, with appropriate broadcast-specific modifications. The item also establishes a framework for a publicly traded common carrier or broadcast licensee or controlling U.S. parent to ascertain its foreign ownership levels.
• A NPRM that proposes steps the Commission can take to promote the distribution of independent and diverse programming to consumers. A Report and Order that modernizes the Commission’s rules to allow consumers to use a device of their choosing to access multichannel video programming instead of leasing devices from their cable or satellite providers.
• A seven-item consent agenda.
• Six personnel actions.