The FCC is still expected to let expire a ban...
The FCC is still expected to let expire a ban on exclusive contracts between cable operators and the networks they own Friday, despite strong opposition from multichannel video programming distributors that don’t own content, Stifel Nicolaus analysts wrote investors Thursday.…
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That’s the day before program access rules sunset without renewal. “While changes are still possible, our sense is big cable is winning and the FCC is not going to extend the ban or bolster the competitors’ presumptive rights much beyond the chairman’s proposal,” they wrote. “Instead, the FCC seems likely to impose a ’shot clock’ on complaint proceedings and examine various issues” in a further notice of proposed rulemaking, they said.