NCTA Critical of Draft Channel Sharing Order
FCC draft channel sharing rules understate “potential carriage burdens” that will be caused by post-incentive auction channel sharing (see 1703080066) and incorrectly describe legal rulings behind must-carry rules, NCTA said in meetings Thursday with acting General Counsel Brendan Carr, an…
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aide to Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, and Media Bureau and Office of the General Counsel staff, said an ex parte filing posted in docket 15-137 Tuesday. Contrary to language in the draft, FCC precedent shows changes in the cable market made the justification for carriage rules less certain, NCTA said. “Chairman [Ajit] Pai himself has made the point that significant changes in the video distribution marketplace” have “eroded the justification for invasive cable carriage mandates,” NCTA said.