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FCC Should Minimize Burdens of Online Public Filing Requirements on Cable, NCTA Says

The FCC should minimize the burdens of any online public filing requirement that would apply to cable carriers, because of “the large number of cable systems and the numerous documents that must be retained in local public files,” NCTA told…

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Media Bureau staff in a meeting Wednesday, according to an ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 14-127. The database should be designed so a single upload can populate multiple files, and any new system should enable cable operators to link to existing company electronic databases, NCTA said. “Any new rules should provide an appropriate transition period to avoid unduly taxing company resources.”