The FCC Media Bureau has changed the way...
The FCC Media Bureau has changed the way it issues orders granting unopposed effective competition petitions, a spokeswoman told us Wednesday. Instead of issuing them individually, unopposed effective competition petitions will be granted in large omnibus orders issued several times…
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a year, the spokeswoman said. The change is a result of the FCC’s ongoing effort at process reform, and is a change in the way the orders are issued rather than a change in the way petitions are handled, she said. The first mass order was issued Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1htp5cf), granting 55 unopposed petitions for effective competition from Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable. All the petitions cited video competition from DirecTV and Dish Network. The numerous communities involved are all over the country, and include Bourbon County, Ky., Chattahoochee, Fla., Honolulu, Louisville, Ala., and Mankato, Minn.