Network Nondupe, Syndex Rules Prevent Messy Court Cases, Meredith Tells FCC Staff
The alternative to FCC nonduplication and syndicated exclusivity rules is “messy court cases,” representatives of Meredith Corp. told Media Bureau staff in a meeting Thursday, according to an ex parte filing posted online Friday in docket 10-71. “Instead of directly…
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regulating the conduct of actors, these regulations let parties negotiate exclusivity and simply provides [sic] an efficient means of enforcement of those free market agreements.” The rules are also connected to the compulsory licenses granted to cable operators, Meredith said. “To remove only one part of a complicated regulatory and statutory scheme undermines the checks and balances that Congress has created.” Exclusivity rules also promote localism, Meredith said.