WGAW Meets With Rosenworcel in LA on Dual Network Rule, T-Mobile/Sprint
The FCC shouldn’t weaken the dual network rule, said Writer’s Guild of America West in a meeting Tuesday with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel at WGAW's Los Angeles office, per a filing posted Thursday in docket 17-108. “The FCC has an obligation…
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to uphold the public interest in an open and pluralistic broadcast system, and should support this obligation by retaining the Dual Network Rule." The agency sought comment on the dual network rule as part of the currently stalled 2018 quadrennial review. WGAW also opposes T-Mobile buying Sprint deal. “Reduction from four to three major wireless carriers in an already highly concentrated market poses significant harm to consumers and content creators,” said the union. Include “retrospective reviews” for media deals that have “significant anticompetitive effects,” WGAW asked. Rosenworcel attended Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles a day after the meeting (see 1910230060).