Gray Television requested waivers of the “significantly viewed”...
Gray Television requested waivers of the “significantly viewed” exceptions to the FCC’s network non-duplication rule and the syndicated exclusivity rule in Harrisonburg, Va. and Staunton, Va., for programming from Fox’s WTTG-TV, Washington. The exceptions are preventing Gray’s WHSV-TV, Harrisonburg, from…
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realizing the benefits of its network non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rights in the cable TV systems serving those communities, Gray TV said in its petition for special relief (http://bit.ly/16oT8RA). The broadcast programming rights in the carriage agreement between WHSV and Fox “are being ignored in favor of Fox network programming broadcast by WTTG,” Gray said. Waivers will allow WHSV to benefit from the exclusivity rights for which it bargained, it said.