Al Jazeera America Says in Its First FCC Lobbying Meeting That MFN Clauses, OTT Rules Hinder Expansion
The FCC can best help consumers by making sure independent content providers -- like Al Jazeera America -- can distribute online "and not be shackled by provisions ... that frustrate their ability to reach a wider audience," the network said…
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in a meeting reported in an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 14-261. The meeting between AJA executives such as CEO Al Anstey and with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, was the network's first such meeting with FCC officials, according to the FCC filing system. AJA -- available in 54 million homes -- said it has difficulty expanding its reach because of such issues as most-favored national clauses put in place by multichannel video programming distributors on some content companies and regulations limiting over-the-top distribution of its linear content.