NAB Again Urges FCC to Dismiss Mediacom’s Petition on MVPD Rules
NAB again urged the FCC to dismiss Mediacom’s petition for a rulemaking to modify FCC rules for video programming vendors. The proposals aren’t supported by any evidence, legal rationale or public interest justification, NAB said in reply comments in RM-11728…
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posted Thursday (http://bit.ly/1oxLcs9). Broadcasters and other video content providers agree with NAB that Mediacom’s proposals are beyond the scope of the FCC’s authority “and would only serve to benefit multichannel video programming distributors ... at the expense of consumers and the public interest,” it said. Limiting the ability of broadcasters and MVPDs to reach retransmission consent agreements that suit the unique circumstances of the parties, subscribers, content and other considerations “will impede the development and distribution of programming to consumers,” it said.