NCTA is OK with TV station channel sharing, “so long...
NCTA is OK with TV station channel sharing, “so long as it does not result directly or indirectly in the expansion of cable operators’ must carry obligations,” the association said about an FCC rulemaking notice. An order following up on…
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that notice is set to be voted on at Friday’s commissioner meeting (CD April 16 p1). The agency shouldn’t impose more “burdens” on cable operators required to carry TV stations that forego compensation, the association said executives told aides to the two regular commissioners. “The must carry provisions of the Cable Act only require cable operators to carry certain low-power stations that meet specific statutory criteria,” so channel-sharing rules shouldn’t expand low-power TV’s “limited cable carriage rights,” said a filing Friday in docket 10-235 (http://xrl.us/bm4uk5).