'Legacy' rules like franchising, must carry shouldn’t be applied to over-the-top video providers
“Legacy” rules like franchising and must carry requirements shouldn’t be applied to over-the-top video providers as they are to cable operators, Verizon officials said in a meeting with Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake last week, according to an ex parte…
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notice posted online Monday (http://bit.ly/1CMjecU). If the definition of multichannel video programming distributor is changed to include online linear video providers, such rules “could be fatal” to OTT services, Verizon said. Native device rules also shouldn’t apply to OTT providers, Verizon said. “The Commission must allow OTT video providers the flexibility to adopt different technologies for providing their services rather than imposing legacy technology mandates,” Verizon said.