NAB on Retransmission: It Ain't Broke

In comments filed at the Federal Communications Commission, the National Association of Broadcasters warns the FCC against micromanaging retransmission consent negotiations and ticks off the things it thinks would be doing just that -- 1) prohibitions on joint negotiations; 2) government-mandate mediation; 3) define good faith bargaining in terms of fees, terms or conditions of deals; 4) scrapping the syndicated exclusivity and network no duplication rules; 5) adding violations of good faith bargaining to the factors considered at license renewal time.