NCTA, ACM Talk LFA Issues With FCC; Cable Interests Discuss IP, Other Video Types
Both Alliance for Community Media and cable interests lobbied the FCC in recent days on an in-kind contributions Further NPRM about cable operator payments to localities. Meeting with Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, ACM President Mike Wassenaar discussed how the FNPRM would…
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affect public, educational and government access operations nationwide and why members of Congress expressed concern about the proposed rules, per a docket 05-311 posting Friday. NCTA, Comcast, Charter and Cox said the agency needs to make clear that franchising authorities may only accrue PEG capital funds in with specific, agreed-to construction projects, meeting with Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey and with the Office of the General Counsel. The cablers also said if the FCC decides in a later proceeding to consider how to value and offset PEG channel capacity against the franchise fee, it should consider the value of standard-definition vs. HD capacity and linear vs. on-demand capacity, and IP or online distribution is a means for cable operators and PEG operators to agree to fulfill the Cable Act’s PEG objectives in more efficient and cheaper way. They said if the FCC doesn't establish a value for PEG channel capacity to offset against the franchise fee, it should at least provide guidance about what's “adequate” public access channel capacity.