Must-carry law doesn’t “compel a Dual Carriage interpretation,” a mid-size...
Must-carry law doesn’t “compel a Dual Carriage interpretation,” a mid-size cable operator said. FCC rules expiring in June, unless extended, make some systems carry HD and standard definition versions of TV stations guaranteed cable carriage. The agency “has very strong…
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First Amendment and policy grounds to construe the statute” as not requiring dual carriage, a Bright House Networks lawyer reported telling aides to Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Robert McDowell in meetings last week. “Dual Carriage goes well beyond the original must carry mandate -- because it requires duplicate and inefficient carriage.” Monday’s ex parte filing is in docket 98-120 (http://xrl.us/bm372h). Broadcasters seek a viewability rule extension (CD April 17 p12).