The FCC lacks authority to approve three petitions asking it to t...
The FCC lacks authority to approve three petitions asking it to tell cable operators and telco TV providers how to handle public, educational and government channels, said a filing Monday by AT&T, the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance and…
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USTelecom. AT&T is among the subjects of the requests (CD June 15 p12). Approving the petitions “would effectively preempt state and local government authority over PEG programming,” the filing said, and that’s contrary to the “plain language” of the Cable Act. Preventing pay-TV companies and franchising authorities from “cooperatively developing new and innovative delivery models” would be “profoundly bad policy,” it said.