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FCC EXTENDS DEADLINE TO FILE COMMENTS ON RETRANSMISSION
CONSENT RULEMAKING PETITION Comments Now Due May 18 |
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The FCC has extended
by one month the deadlines to file comments and reply comments on the
Petition for Rulemaking that proposes significant changes to the
retransmission consent rules. Comments
are now due by May 18, 2010, with reply comments now due June 3, 2010. The FCC extended the deadlines at the
request of the NAB, which expressed concern that parties in attendance at the
NAB’s annual convention ending on April 15 would not have had sufficient time
to file comments and reply comments by the original deadlines. As
we reported here,
the Petition requests the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to require dispute resolution when
retransmission consent negotiations are at an impasse and to impose mandatory interim carriage while
dispute resolution proceedings are being conducted. Both of these proposals would reduce the
bargaining power of broadcast television stations during the retransmission
consent negotiating process. The
Petition was collectively filed by fourteen entities, including DIRECTV,
Inc., DISH Network LLC, Time Warner Cable Inc., Verizon and Cablevision
Systems Corp. Should
you wish to participate in this proceeding, or have any questions concerning
the retransmission consent rules or the proposed changes to those rules,
please contact your primary attorney in our office. April 7, 2010 |
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