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Retrans Buying Group Order Unanimously Approved

FCC rules on good-faith negotiation of retransmission consent now allow retrans negotiations between MVPD buying groups and large station groups, said a 5-0 order Wednesday. The buying group draft order, stemming from the TV Viewer Protection Act, went on circulation…

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last month (see 2004100064) ACA Connects said the approval "will benefit both the MVPD members of such buying groups and the broadcasters with whom such buying groups negotiate."