'Level' Retrans Playing Field, Cablevision Asks Media Bureau Officials
Cablevision wants the FCC to "level the retransmission-consent playing field by clarifying broadcasters’ duty to negotiate in good faith," company executives and an outside lawyer and a lobbyist for the operator told Media Bureau officials. They met with front-office and…
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other officials, including Chief Bill Lake, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 10-71. Retrans has been in the news recently, with a blackout and filings on disputes involving broadcasters, DBS and others. NAB reported earlier this week that it told agency officials that pay-TV providers are manufacturing retrans disputes (see 1507140021).