• posted: Dec. 17, 2020
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television,  Telecommunications,  Broadband

In 2019, Congress passed the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 (the “Act”). This Act was originally set to become effective on June 20, 2020, but the FCC delayed the Read More

• posted: Mar. 18, 2020
• Mike Bradley
• Cable Television,  Telecommunications,  Broadband

Earlier today, Mike Bradley and Vince Rotty of Bradley Law, LLC presented a webinar for local government attorneys and others on the conditions and notices required for conducting a remote Read More

• posted: Feb. 18, 2019
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television,  Telecommunications
• closed captioning,  tightrope media systems

Local governments and PEG operators may be required to provide closed captioning by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Communications Act, or the Rehabilitation Act. Bradley Law, LLC's Vince Rotty Read More

• posted: Aug. 21, 2018
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television,  Telecommunications,  Broadband
• 5g,  fiber infrastructure,  fiber optic,  local government,  public right-of-way,  public rights-of-way,  right-of-way management,  small cell,  small cell facility,  small wireless facility,  wireless facility

On September 27, 2018, the FCC released a declaratory ruling and report and order (available here). This post has been updated to reflect the FCC's new regulations. I.       What are small Read More

• posted: Apr. 30, 2018
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television,  Telecommunications
• cable franchise,  formal renewal,  franchise renewal,  informal renewal

What is a cable franchise? A cable franchise is an agreement between a local franchising authority (“LFA”) (e.g., a city, county, municipality, etc.) and a cable operator (e.g, Comcast, Cox, etc.) Read More

• posted: Mar. 31, 2016
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television,  Telecommunications,  Satellite,  Woodbury,  Firm News,  Broadband

We are pleased to announce that Adrian Herbst and Leslie Herbst-Saporito have joined Bradley Hagen & Gullikson as partners. They will join Mike Bradley in his telecommunications practice at the Read More

• posted: Feb. 10, 2015
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

Many cities/cable commissions in the Twin Cities Metro area have been approached by CenturyLink about submitting an application for a cable franchise. While receiving an application to provide competitive cable Read More

• posted: Feb. 09, 2015
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

Many cities in the Twin Cities Metro area have been approached by CenturyLink about submitting an application for a cable franchise. While receiving an application to provide competitive cable service may Read More

• posted: Apr. 07, 2014
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

Originally published on September 17, 2009 Companies that want to provide cable service are required by the Federal Cable Act to acquire a cable franchise from a unit of local government Read More

• posted: Apr. 07, 2014
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

Originally Published October 8, 2013 A Couple of years ago, Comcast told its subscribers that it was converting most of its channels from analog to digital. The transition, according to Comcast, Read More

• posted: Apr. 07, 2014
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

Originally published September 27, 2010. The FCC clarified several issues surrounding the calculation of cable franchise fees in its report and order in 2007, including: (i) the franchise fee revenue base; (ii) limitations Read More

• posted: Apr. 07, 2014
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

Originally published on September 27, 2010. The recently affirmed FCC order on local franchising concludes that “LFAs may not make unreasonable demands of competitive applicants for PEG and I-Net” and that Read More

• posted: Apr. 07, 2014
• Vince Rotty
• Cable Television

I’m re-posting this blog entry on PEG from 2010. With technology today, a person interested in producing a video is as easy as pulling out a smart phone and shooting video Read More