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11/21/2019
Bill Would Make Retrans Good Faith Rules Permanent
House Commerce unanimously approved a compromise bill Wednesday that would make permanent the requirement that broadcasters and MVPDs negotiate retransmission consent in good faith.
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11/07/2019
Wicker Introduces STELAR Bill
Sen Commerce chmn Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a bill Wednesday that would extend the satellite compulsory license for retransmitting distant signals for five years.
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10/03/2019
Teching Out the Customer Experience
At a technical conference like SCTE-ISBE’s Cable-Tec Expo, it’s easy to geek out with acronyms and engineering speak. But sometimes you need to move beyond “techs and specs, and look at speed and ease,” a phrase coined by a Wednesday Expo panel on network management and growth for mid-size and small operators. The network and the rich data it offers can help get service providers to step up their customer service game.
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06/07/2019
FCC Votes to Drop Leased Access Regulation
The FCC adopted a report and order at its open meeting Thursday to streamline the existing leased access rules, dropping the requirement that cable operators make leased access available on a part-time basis and requiring cable operators of all sizes to respond only to bona fide requests from prospective leased access programmers.
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03/22/2019
Pai Talks C-Band at ACA Connects
Ajit Pai, who dealt Title II the death blow as FCC chmn, was greeted with a standing ovation by ACA Connects members at the independent operators’ annual DC gathering Thursday.
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03/21/2019
ACA Members Aren’t Shaking Off Video
Moments after pres/CEO Matt Polka revealed the group is changing its name from the American Cable Association to America’s Communications Association – ACA Connects, he launched a discussion on the possibility of retransmission consent reform for broadcast stations in this year’s Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR) legislation