An FCC HD carriage exemption for small cable operators “has...
An FCC HD carriage exemption for small cable operators “has worked as intended,” the American Cable Association reported officials told front-office staffers of the Media Bureau, considering whether to renew viewability rules for TV stations guaranteed cable carriage (CD March…
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26 p5). NCTA figures show many smaller systems have stopped relying on the exemption that lets them not distribute must-carry stations in HD, the ACA said in a filing posted Wednesday to docket 98-120 (http://xrl.us/bm2uf2). “Despite the success of the HD exemption, a number of smaller cable systems continue to rely upon it, and these systems need an extension of the exemption for the exact same reasons that the Commission originally adopted it.” ACA said the NAB’s request that the exemption be narrowed so it expires once systems carry any HD programs “should be rejected because NAB presented no evidence or theory demonstrating that these systems would not be significantly burdened by carrying the must-carry signals in HD."