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FCC | RIN: 3060-AJ55 | Publication ID: Spring 2015 |
Title: Amendment of the Commission's Rules Related to Retransmission Consent (MB Docket No. 10-71) | |
Abstract:
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. |
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Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions |
Major: Undetermined | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76.65 | |
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154 47 U.S.C. 325 47 U.S.C. 534 |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes | |
Agency Contact: Diana Sokolow Attorney, Policy Division Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554 Phone:202 418-2120 Email: diana.sokolow@fcc.gov |