FCC ordered DirecTV to carry signals of 36 Paxson stations in 31 ...
FCC ordered DirecTV to carry signals of 36 Paxson stations in 31 markets, in response to complaint filed by broadcaster citing must-carry rule. DirecTV argued that Paxson had elected retransmission consent rather than mandatory carriage for first election cycle,…
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and sought dismissal of complaint on jurisdictional ground, arguing that exclusive remedy for failure of satellite carrier to meet carriage obligation was civil action that should be decided in federal court. Sec. 338 of Commission rules allows denial of carriage when there is retransmission agreement, DirecTV said. FCC denied jurisdictional claim by DirecTV and ruled its good-faith argument wasn’t adequate defense and Paxson had indeed elected mandatory carriage rather than retransmission consent for first election cycle. FCC ordered DirecTV to carry WPXN-TV (N.Y.), KPXN (San Bernardino), WCPX (Chicago), WPPX (Wilmington, Del.), KKPX (San Jose), WPXB (Merrimack, N.H.), WBPX (Boston), WPXG (Concord, N.H.), WDPX (Vineyard Haven, Mass.), KPXD (Arlington, Tex.), WPXW (Manassas, Va.), WWPX (Martinsburg, W.Va.), WPXD (Ann Arbor, Mich.), WPXA (Rome, Ga.), KBXB (Conroe, Tex.), KWPX (Bellevue, Wash.), KPXM (St. Cloud, Minn), WXPX (Bradenton, Fla.), WVPX (Akron, O.), WPXM (Miami, Fla.), KPPX (Tolleson, Ariz.), KPXC (Denver), KSPX (Sacramento), WOPX (Melbourne, Fla.), KPXG (Salem, Ore.), WIPX (Bloomington, Ind.), WFPX (Fayetteville, N.C.), WRPX (Rocky Mount, N.C.), KPXE (Kansas City, Mo.), WNPX (Cookeville, Tenn.), WPXE (Kenosha, Wis.), KUPX (Provo), KPXL (Uvalde, Tex.), WPXH (Gadsden, Ala.), WPXP (Lake Worth, Fla.), WGPX (Burlington, N.C.). DirecTV must comply with order within 60 days unless it provides Paxson with specific reasons for refusing to carry stations on reasonable basis within 15 business days, FCC said.