FCC Continues Efforts to Remove Rules

The Federal Communications Commission eliminated more unnecessary rules and regulations as part of its “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative.  Specifically, the Media Bureau action will remove from the agency’s Part 76 regulations approximately 5,855 words and 43 rules or requirements that applied to cable and satellite service providers:

• Removes the standstill rule for program carriage complaint proceedings, which was vacated by the Second Circuit in 2013.
• Removes the rules placing limits on the use of encoding by cable television operators and satellite providers to prevent or limit copying of their programming, which were vacated by the D.C. Circuit in 2013.