Media Bureau Denies PMCM's Must-Carry Complaints
The FCC Media Bureau denied three must-carry complaints filed by PMCM against Time Warner Cable, RCN Telecom and Service Electric Cable TV, said orders issued Tuesday. In all three cases, PMCM argued the carriers were violating must-carry rules by failing…
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to carry PMCM's station WJLP Middletown Township, New Jersey, on Channel 3. PMCM has been seeking for months to broadcast its station on virtual Channel 3.10, though Channel 3 is already assigned to another TV station. The cable carriers were carrying WJLP on Channel 33, which corresponds to the DTV Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) assigned by the Media Bureau. The bureau was “unpersuaded” by PMCM's arguments that must-carry channel assignment shouldn't be based on PSIP, the orders said. The bureau also rejected PMCM's request that the complaints be ruled on by the full commission, saying the complaints don't present “novel” questions.