Gray Television asked the FCC to require two...
Gray Television asked the FCC to require two cable operators to carry the primary program transport stream of KSNB-TV Superior, Neb., on their cable systems. Gray TV filed separate complaints against Antilles Wireless in Kearney, Neb., and Cunningham Telephone and…
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Cable in Glen Elder, Kan. Antilles and Cunningham had no immediate response. The operators have refused to carry KSNB on their systems in the Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney market in contravention of the mandatory carriage provisions of the Communications Act, Gray said (http://bit.ly/14tDODo, http://bit.ly/XEInWl). Because KSNB is located within the same TV market as the Antilles Wireless communities, it’s a local signal, Gray said, and “would not expose Operator to any increased copyright liability.” The station is capable of delivering an adequate signal to Cunningham’s headend, said the broadcaster. If Cunningham still can’t receive such a signal, “Gray commits to purchasing and installing any additional equipment necessary to deliver an adequate signal,” it said.