ACA Renews Push for MVPD Regulatory Fee Parity
The sooner the FCC assesses Media Bureau regulatory fees on a technology-neutral basis, the sooner small and mid-sized cable operators will quit subsidizing direct broadcast satellite competitors and struggling with a competitive disadvantage, an American Cable Association staffer told an…
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aide to Commissioner Mike O'Rielly, recounted a docket 18-175 posting Thursday. ACA sought a single rate of 67 cents per subscriber for DBS, cable and IPTV (see 1806220017) and said if the agency instead adopts the regulatory fees proposed in the NPRM, its end goal should be fee parity among those providers. The association said it should make clear regulatory fees are assessed based on burdens on the FCC and not issues like relative impact of regulation.