FCC Should Nix Headend Requirement in Public Files, NCTA Says
The FCC should consider removing requirements for cable operators to make headend information available locally when it considers whether to eliminate the correspondence file requirement for commercial broadcasters, NCTA said in a letter posted in docket 14-127 Tuesday. The FCC…
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said it would consider taking the broadcaster correspondence file online when it extended the online public file requirement to radio and pay-TV carriers. “The need to retain headend location information locally impedes cable operators from fully transitioning to an online file and should be examined in the same proceeding,” NCTA said. “Both involve the question of whether the costs of the remaining local file requirements outweigh any public benefits.” The FCC had said putting headend information online would be a security risk, but NCTA said keeping the information on hand locally “imposes unnecessary costs that should be examined in any upcoming rulemaking."