Pappas Telecasting urged the FCC to apply regulatory parity to ca...
Pappas Telecasting urged the FCC to apply regulatory parity to cable interoperability and over-the-air reception for DTV sets. The Commission should incorporate in its rules minimum performance standards being developed by representatives of the bcst. and CE industries under…
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the Advanced TV Systems Committee, the filing said. Pappas also called on the FCC to adopt the “recommended practices” being developed by the ATSC and incorporate those in the Commission’s rules alongside the rules for “plug-&-play” interoperability. “Precedent has been established for the adoption into the rules of a similar joint effort between our industry and the consumer electronics industry to ensure adequate over-the-air digital reception for the tens of millions of viewers who receive their signals exclusively over the air,” said Peter Pappas, exec. vp-govt., regulatory and business affairs, Pappas. Pappas owns 20 Fox, WB, ABC, CBS, UPN and Azteca America affiliates and operates 3 other stations under local marketing agreements (LMAs).