Meredith Wants Foreign-Sponsored Content Clarification

The FCC should clarify that its rules for foreign-sponsored content don’t apply to “advertisements for commercial goods and services of any length or type,” said Meredith in comments posted Thursday in docket 20-299. Meredith’s arguments echo those by all four network affiliate groups (see 2107190053), which requested that clarification in July. “Clarifying as such will allow the Commission to meet the goals of the Foreign Sponsorship Report and Order, provide certainty for regulated entities, and avoid administrative law concerns,” Meredith said. NAB, the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters called on the FCC to reconsider the foreign-sponsored content rules (see 2108130074).