Cable Can Sue Now Over Dual Must-Carry

CABLE CAN SUE NOW OVER DUAL MUST-CARRY
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Cable operators and programmers can go ahead and fight the Federal Communications Commission in court over the agency’s new rules that force double distribution of some TV stations by their local cable system. The ability to sue was triggered procedurally Friday when the FCC’s rules, adopted last September, were printed in the Federal Register. The time from FCC adoption to publication in the Federal Register spanned 143 days. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association isn’t planning to launch a legal challenge. Instead, it will lobby the FCC to issue a broad exemption for small systems, a move FCC chairman Kevin Martin has opposed because he believes small operators’ capacity crunch is being exaggerated. But NCTA’s stance wouldn’t stop its individual members from suing.
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