FCC Contacted ACM About Possible AT&T/DirecTV Conditions
FCC staff contacted the Alliance for Community Media Feb. 23 and asked for suggested conditions that might “ameliorate” ACM's concerns with AT&T's planned buy of DirecTV, said an ex parte filing posted in docket 14-90 Wednesday. Though ACM said its…
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position remains that the FCC should deny the deal, it proposed conditions that would require AT&T to make public, educational and government (PEG) access channels available on its U-verse product the same way it does local broadcast channels. AT&T also should be required to carry PEG channels for at least five years after the deal is consummated, ACM said.