Under FCC digital TV carriage rules small cable operators won’t h...
Under FCC digital TV carriage rules small cable operators won’t have to use more capacity after the transition than now, Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters Tuesday. The American Cable Association has asked the FCC to exempt small systems from…
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a mandate that they distribute must-carry broadcasters’ digital signals to analog customers for three years starting Feb. 17, 2009 (CD March 4 p11). Martin said a waiver process in 2007’s so-called viewability order “makes the most sense,” rather than the across-the- board exemption ACA seeks. “All we are asking the small cable operators to end up doing is to be doing the same thing they're carrying today,” Martin said: “I don’t think that this increases the capacity of what they're required to carry beyond what they're required to carry today.” The Association for Maximum Service TV and NAB asked the FCC to dismiss a request for “a blanket waiver from the viewability rules,” in a joint filing Monday. “All subscribers are entitled to a viewable signal,” they said.