Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Extending HD Carriage Exemption
The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on an American Cable Association petition requesting a three-year extension of the HD carriage exemption for smaller cable systems, and it tentatively has concluded that granting the extension serves the public interest, said…
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a further NPRM issued Thursday. The HD carriage exemption is set to expire June 12, and a three-year extension would lengthen it to June 12, 2018. “We tentatively conclude that the exemption is still necessary to protect the subscribers of small cable systems from the costs and service disruptions that may result from requiring those systems to deliver HD signals in HD beginning in June 2015,” the bureau said. It seeks comment on the threshold for small cable systems. Comments are due 20 days in docket 98-120 after the FNPRM appears in the Federal Register, replies 10 days after initial comments.