NCTA Seeks 2-Year Delay in Carrier ID Rule Implementation
NCTA is asking the FCC to delay until Sept. 3, 2019, the deadline for complying with the carrier ID requirement of its automatic transmitter identification system (ATIS) rule. "Relief is appropriate" when complying with a rule that involves an equipment…
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market that hasn't caught up, NCTA said in a filing posted Friday in docket 12-267. "The market cannot yet support a transition to uplink equipment capable of complying with the new rule." The FCC earlier this year extended ATIS rule implementation by a year to September 2017 (see 1603040054). Programmers are evaluating a next-generation transmission platform for satellite trucks, but "artificially forcing" retirement of existing equipment "would result in waste and stranded investment, when programmers will likely purchase new equipment that will support the new carrier identification requirement in just a few years," NCTA said, saying an extension wouldn't materially affect other spectrum users. Satellite news gathering truck operators also warned about carrier ID rules hurting them (see 1605090028).