Draft Reg Fees Item on Circulation Still Contains Increase for Broadcasters
A draft regulatory fees order on circulation still contains language that would increase fees for broadcasters, industry officials told us. The item went on circulation early this month. NAB, including President Gordon Smith, has been actively lobbying against the increase…
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(see 2108050054), and an ex parte filing posted in docket 21-190 Friday documented calls by the trade group last week with aides to Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington. The increased fees are intended to fund broadband mapping efforts that don’t directly aid or involve broadcasters, NAB said. “Any attempt to cobble together an argument that broadcasters should contribute to broadband mapping because they allegedly benefit from the Commission’s broadband activities is specious,” NAB said. “For mapping purposes, broadcasters are merely consumers of broadband, much like any other company or individual in the United States.” The FCC generally approves the regulatory fees order at the start of September, industry attorneys told us.