As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2009

Registration No. 333-139119

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BROADCAST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Utah
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) 7389
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) 87-0395567
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

7050 South Union Park Center, Suite 600
Midvale, Utah  84047
(801) 562-2252

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Rodney M. Tiede
President and Chief Executive Officer
Broadcast International, Inc.
7050 South Union Park Center, Suite 600
Midvale, Utah  84047
(801) 562-2252

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Reed L. Benson, Esq.
4049 S. Highland Drive Salt Lake City, Utah  84124 (801) 278-9769 David G. Angerbauer, Esq. Holland & Hart LLP
60 E. South Temple, Suite 2000
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 799-5800

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
Not applicable.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box:  ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

S

Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Broadcast International, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company”), filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-139119) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission”) on December 4, 2006 registering shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.05 per share, to be sold by the selling security holders named therein.  The Commission declared the Registration Statement effective on January 11, 2007.

In accordance with the undertaking contained in Part II, Item 17 of the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to remove from registration all of the shares that remain unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.  The Company is deregistering the shares because the Company’s obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to the shares has expired.

Accordingly, the Company files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement to deregister all shares of its common stock covered by the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on December 1, 2009.

BROADCAST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By: /s/ Rodney M. Tiede

Name: Rodney M. Tiede

Its: President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/ Rodney M. Tiede Rodney M. Tiede	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	December 1, 2009
/s/ James E. Solomon James E. Solomon	Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	December 1, 2009
/s/ William Boyd William Boyd	Director	December 1, 2009
/s/ Ray Phillip Zobrist Ray Phillip Zobrist	Director	December 1, 2009