Smith Media License Holdings complained to the FCC that Trans-Video...
Smith Media License Holdings complained to the FCC that Trans-Video Cable of Northfield, Vt., is carrying the signal of Smith’s WFFF-TV Burlington without a retransmission consent agreement. “Since April 19, 2012, Trans-video has retransmitted WFFF’s signal on its cable systems…
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without Licensee’s express, written consent,” Smith said in the complaint (http://xrl.us/bm9qrw). Smith said it had extended seven times its grant of retransmission consent while it sought to negotiate an agreement. “When Trans-video refused to engage in good faith over a period of three months, Licensee notified Trans-video the final extension would expire on April 18, 2012,” it said. A Trans-Video Cable executive didn’t immediately respond.