Trade Law Daily is a Warren News publication.

Media Alliance Backs TV Neutrality Alliance OTT-as-MVPD Proposal

The Media Alliance is backing a push by over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors, broadcasters and BitTorrent for reclassification of some OTT providers as MVPDs, with a certification step for non-facilities based online video distributors that would have them subject to…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.

MVPD rules (see 1606140018). In an FCC filing Friday in docket 14-261, Media Alliance said the TV Neutrality Alliance idea "is a common-sense way to interpret the rules" that will alleviate regulatory uncertainty.