Effective Competition To Become 'Rebuttable Presumption'?
The FCC is seeking comment on whether it should adopt a “rebuttable presumption” that cable operators are subject to effective competition, it said in an NPRM Monday. “Such an approach would reflect the fact that today, based on application of…
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the effective competition test in the current market, the Commission grants nearly all requests for a finding of effective competition,” the NPRM said. The proposal is also intended to implement one of the provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization, the NPRM said. The FCC wants to know if the change would “reduce regulatory burdens on all cable operators -- large and small -- and on their competitors, while more efficiently allocating the Commission’s resources and amending outdated regulations,” the NPRM said. Comments are due 20 days after publication in the Federal Register, replies 30 days.