DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) opposed a petition by SES Americom,...
DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) opposed a petition by SES Americom, Intelsat and PanAmSat for partial reconsideration of the FCC’s emergency alert system (EAS) overhaul. Fixed satellite services operators should “be ultimately answerable to the Commission for EAS compliance,” DTVLA…
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said. The FCC has no direct jurisdiction over programmers it doesn’t license or those leasing satellite capacity from FSS carriers, DTVLA said. It would be easier to enforce EAS rules via direct regulation of FSS licensees, they said. “The FCC has more information about the ownership and activities of licensees than it does about non-licensee programmers, and it has a wider range of enforcement options over those it directly regulates to ensure compliance,” DTVLA said. FSS licensees should bear ultimate responsibility for complying with FCC requirements, it said.