FCC Rejects Retrans Complaint by Pennsylvania Broadcasters
The FCC Media Bureau rejected a complaint by a pair of Pennsylvania broadcasters that Campus Televideo (CTV) is reselling DirecTV signals without consent (see 1610040027). In a memorandum opinion and order Thursday in docket 16-246, the bureau said DirecTV --…
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and not CTV -- retransmits Erie's WSEE-TV and WICU-TV to nearby Edinboro University for distribution, with CTV only acting as DirecTV's sales agent. Any retransmission consent or network non-distribution rules complaint by station licensees Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania License Subsidiary and SJL of Pennsylvania License Subsidiary "should be directed against DirecTV and not its sales agent," the bureau said. The broadcasters didn't comment.