Nvidia, beIN Press FCC on Charter/TWC/BHN Conditions
New Charter should be required to carry at least one independent sports network in the same manner it carries proprietary sports networks and nationally distributed sports programmers and without any limits on the indie sports network's alternative distribution methods, said…
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beIN Sports in a meeting with Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake, according to its ex parte filing Wednesday in docket 15-149. BeIN said it also discussed its proposed condition's applicability to other independent programmers that have or will have U.S. rights to international sports. Nvidia in a separate filing on meetings or discussions with Owen Kendler, who is overseeing the Charter review team, and with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's chief of staff, David Grossman, said it proposed that any approval of Charter's buys of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable come with conditions that would stop New Charter from preventing third-party devices such as Nvidia's Shield TV from having access to the authentication credentials needed to work with various TV Everywhere apps (see 1601220017). In a statement Wednesday, Charter said it "continue[s] to productively engage with regulators about the substantial public interest benefits of the transactions and look[s] forward to approval soon.”