3060-AJ55 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3060 Federal Communications Commission FCC Amendment of the Commission's Rules Related to Retransmission Consent (MB Docket No. 10-71)

Cable systems and other multichannel video programming distributors are not entitled to retransmit a broadcast station's signal without the station's consent. This consent is known as "retransmission consent." Since Congress enacted the retransmission consent regime in 1992, there have been significant changes in the video programming marketplace. In this proceeding, comment is sought on a series of proposals to streamline and clarify the Commission's rules concerning or affecting retransmission consent negotiations.

 

In the 2014 Report and Order, the Commission adopted a rule providing that it is a violation of the duty to negotiate retransmission consent in good faith for a television station that is ranked among the top four stations to negotiate retransmission consent jointly with another such station if the stations are not commonly owned and serve the same geographic market. 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions Undetermined No 47 CFR 76.65 47 USC 154 47 USC 325 47 USC 534 No NPRM 03/28/2011 76 FR 17071 NPRM Comment Period End 05/27/2011 R&O 05/19/2014 79 FR 28615 Next Action Undetermined To Be Determined Yes Businesses None Yes No Diana Sokolow Attorney, Policy Division 3060 Federal Communications Commission FCC 202 418-2120 diana.sokolow@fcc.gov Media Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington DC 20554