NAB urged the FCC to update its broadcast...
NAB urged the FCC to update its broadcast ownership regulations and stressed the importance of the current retransmission consent system to TV viewers. The ability to negotiate in the marketplace for the value of the broadcast signal “is critical to…
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broadcasters’ provision of the quality and quantity of programming that viewers expect from their local television broadcast stations,” it said in a ex parte filing in dockets 09-182 and 10-71 (http://bit.ly/1bxcFy0). NAB also urged the FCC to reform its license renewal application processes for stations to provide greater certainty and timely action on pending applications, it said. The filing pertained to a meeting with staff from Commissioner Mike O'Rielly’s office.