The FCC’s 15th Annual Video Competition Report should...
The FCC’s 15th Annual Video Competition Report should highlight the growth of retransmission consent fees and contain details about how often separately owned broadcasters jointly negotiate retrans agreements, the ACA told FCC staff, according to an ex parte filing Monday…
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(http://bit.ly/1ahJdA6). Along with information about retransmission consent, the ACA asked that the report include info on cable system closures and “the impact of such closures on competition” and “the regulatory and non-regulatory conditions contributing to these system shutdowns,” the filing said. “Inclusion of this data, information, and analysis is not intended to prejudice the Commissions’ [sic] decision making in any pending or future proceeding, and ACA would expect that whatever is reported to Congress in the Report on these matters would be objectively presented,” said the filing. The video competition report is scheduled to be voted on at the FCC’s July 19 open meeting.