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AT&T and DirecTV urged the FCC to deny...

AT&T and DirecTV urged the FCC to deny a petition to extend the deadline for filing initial comments and petitions on the proposed transaction between the two companies. The petition to extend the deadline by 30 days was filed by…

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Public Knowledge and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (http://bit.ly/1tl3TfU). None of the reasons stated by the petitioners justifies an extension of time, “and none of them explains why petitioners have not even sought to access applicants’ confidential submissions during the 68 days that have elapsed since applicants filed their public interest statement in this proceeding,” AT&T and DirecTV said in a joint opposition (http://bit.ly/1oXgqSA). Initial comments in docket 14-90 are due Sept. 16 (CD Aug 8 p11)). Petitioners will have had more than three months from AT&T’s public interest statement filing, it said. This is “more than ample time to access information about the transaction and provide meaningful input,” it said.