DirecTV supports ban on exclusive agreements between satellite an...
DirecTV supports ban on exclusive agreements between satellite and cable operators, it said in FCC filing Tues. (CD Dec 5 p10). DirecTV said provision was critically important to survival and growth of alternative technological competitors to incumbent cable systems…
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in Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) market. Company said rule, which is due to expire next Oct., should be preserved because: (1) Cable exclusivity prohibition remains important protection for DBS and other MVPDs. (2) Regulation hasn’t deterred development of new programming networks. (3) Exclusivity between noncable MVPDs and nonvertically integrated programmers has been boon to new MVPD entrants. (4) There’s no legal basis for Commission to narrow scope of exclusivity restriction.