The Tennis Channel got FCC permission to discuss with the...
The Tennis Channel got FCC permission to discuss with the Office of General Counsel (OGC) a program carriage appeal. The independent network had said Time Warner Cable and NCTA’s appeal last year at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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raised similar issues as Comcast did in the indie’s program carriage complaint against that company (CD May 3 p17). An exception to FCC ex parte rules, “as we previously advised you orally,” allows “you to discuss with the staff of OGC” issues raised in the 2nd Circuit case “for purposes of assisting the Commission as amicus curiae or deciding whether to file an amicus brief,” OGC Administrative Law Division Chief Joel Kaufman wrote a lawyer for the Tennis Channel. “You should not discuss these issues with any Commission decision-making personnel other than the staff of OGC, nor should you discuss the Tennis Channel litigation, which is not subject to judicial review.” The letter was posted Thursday in docket 10-204 (http://xrl.us/bm689z).