NAB, NCTA at Odds Over Rival Carriage Election Notice Proposals
NCTA arguments that allowing broadcasters to satisfy their carriage election notice requirements via putting those notices in online public files would be a huge burden on cable operators is "simply false," NAB said in an FCC docket 17-317 filing Tuesday.…
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MVPDs can easily identify the broadcasters in their markets and access those broadcasters' public files, NAB said, saying stations face big burdens when making elections. It said the correct mailing addresses for cable systems can be tough to find. The association said NCTA's election proposal ignores two big broadcaster burdens: having to independently research or pay for designated market area data, and the risk a cable system in a DMA doesn't receive the election notice. The stations' group said its proposal would have "limited impact" on MVPDs, relieving them of the burden of having to sort through at times multiple certified letters. NAB said it's far easier for MVPDs to search broadcasters by DMA, using the FCC's website or TVNewsCheck's online database. NCTA didn't comment.