ACA Says Nexstar/Media General Deal Shouldn't Trigger After-Acquired Clauses
Multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) with retransmission consent agreements with Media General and that have after-acquired station clauses in retransmission consent agreements with Nexstar will see the retrans fees they are paying those Media General stations go up 11 to…
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125 percent if those broadcasters merge. That's according to an ex parte filing Friday in docket 16-57 on a meeting between American Cable Association (ACA) Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Ross Lieberman and an aide to Chairman Tom Wheeler. ACA has pushed for conditions on Nexstar's buy of Media General (see 1611020041). And in the conversation, it said that to insulate consumers from higher cable rates directly resulting from the merger and those after-acquired station clauses, the FCC should condition approval on Nexstar's commitment not to exercise those clauses for the duration of its agreement with an MVPD. Nexstar counsel didn't comment.