Saga Broadcasting urged the FCC to rule that DirecTV forfeited...
Saga Broadcasting urged the FCC to rule that DirecTV forfeited its rights to retransmit significantly viewed CBS affiliates into the Joplin, Mo./Pittsburg, Kan., designated market area. DirecTV sent Saga a deficient notice, but “contends it can retransmit the signal of…
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CBS affiliated station KOTV-TV, Tulsa, Okla.,” which is part of the Joplin-Pittsburg DMA, Saga said in a filing in docket 11-187 (http://xrl.us/bm52mg). It said DirecTV didn’t comply with the FCC’s rules when it sent Saga a notice of its intent “to import same network significantly viewed signals into Saga’s broadcast markets by overnight delivery rather than certified mail.”