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Legislative and regulatory proceedings on compulsory copyright, retransmission...

Legislative and regulatory proceedings on compulsory copyright, retransmission consent, and broadcast exclusivity are intended to hurt the broadcast TV industry, the Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology told Commissioner Ajit Pai in a presentation last week, according to an ex…

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parte filing (http://bit.ly/1pgQvLp). The presentation (http://bit.ly/1n46ZBz) argued that TV doesn’t have overwhelming market power, and that retransmission consent prices are reasonable, according to the filing. Multichannel video programming distributors have the right to sign exclusive programming agreements on a nationwide basis, but want to “deny TV stations the right to enter into agreements for territorial exclusivity,” said the filing.