A Hawaii telco that sells video isn’t following FCC must-carry rules, Mauna Kea...
A Hawaii telco that sells video isn’t following FCC must-carry rules, Mauna Kea Broadcasting said in a complaint. The broadcaster asked the agency to make Hawaiian Telcom TV distribute in the Honolulu designated market area (DMA) KLEI Kailua-Kona for the…
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rest of the must-carry cycle that runs through 2014. The telco told the station it need not carry it because HTTV’s cable systems are outside KLEI’s broadcast coverage area, the complaint said. What matters is that the station and system are in the same market, Mauna Kea said. “HTTV does not dispute that KLEI(DT) and the Cable Systems are both assigned to the Honolulu, Hawaii DMA, nor does it provide any relevant evidence to suggest that the station’s market, for purposes of mandatory carriage, is anything other than the entire DMA, including those communities served by HTTV.” A Hawaiian Telcom spokesman declined to comment on the complaint posted Thursday in docket 12-1 (http://xrl.us/bne6cg).