KTVO Kirksville, Mo., got an FCC waiver to enforce exclusivity rights against...
KTVO Kirksville, Mo., got an FCC waiver to enforce exclusivity rights against Iowa stations KCCI-TV(CBS) Des Moines and KCRG-TV(ABC) and KGAN(CBS), both in Cedar Rapids, said a Media Bureau order (http://bit.ly/XXdkoU). It said KTVO, affiliated with the ABC network on…
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its primary stream and with CBS on its multicast channel, can enforce exclusivity in Fairfield and Bloomfield. Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative and Local Internet Service Co. had objected to the May petition. The order doesn’t “take a position on whether Citizens or LISCO will have to delete the programming of” KCCI, KCRG and KGAN “upon KTVO’s assertion of its network nonduplication and syndicated exclusivity rights,” said the document signed by Policy Division Deputy Chief Steven Broeckaert. “We would expect the parties to resolve whether Citizens and LISCO are cable systems and, if so, whether the cable systems at issue have sufficiently few subscribers to qualify for the exemption” from such enforcement for systems under 1,000 subscribers, he continued. “If the parties are unable to reach an agreement, they may raise the issue at the Commission through the normal complaint process.” KTVO is owned by Barrington Broadcasting, said that company’s website (http://bit.ly/15n9s05).