Terse provision slides through as part of massive annual appropriations act TV Joint Sales Agreements (JSAs) have been given a new lease on life, thanks to Congress and the President. Back in 2014, the FCC declared certain JSAs to be “attributable interests” and therefore subject to unwinding by June, 2016. But now compliance with that rule will not be required before October 1, 2025, which should provide everybody plenty of breathing room. What happened? As most readers probably know, when the FCC takes an action, there are only so many ways that folks unhappy with that action can get it turned around. The most obvious: asking the FCC to re-think its decision. That generally doesn’t work. The next most obvious: asking a court of appeals to reverse the FCC. That can work, but the odds tend to be long because the appellate deck is stacked against appellants. Courts tend to defer to the FCC’s judgment in many, perhaps most, areas. And usually, even…
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