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FCC Should Exempt Small Cable Systems From Online File Requirements, ACA Says

The FCC should permanently exempt cable systems with less than 1,000 subscribers from online public file requirements, said the American Cable Association in meetings last week with staff from the offices of Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and…

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Ajit Pai, said an ex parte posted in docket 14-127 Tuesday. The FCC also shouldn’t adopt any new disclosure requirements and grant a safe harbor for cable systems that use third parties to upload public file documents to a database, ACA said. An order on circulation would apply the TV station public-file rules to cable operators and others (see 1601080047).