NAB Wrongly Claiming ACA Wants To See End to Exclusivity Arrangements, ACA's Polka Says
NAB is wrong about the American Cable Association's position on ending the broadcast TV exclusivity rules, ACA said. In a statement Thursday, ACA CEO Matthew Polka challenged NAB's assertion that ACA favors the FCC "outlawing exclusive broadcaster arrangements altogether" --…
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as Rick Kaplan, NAB executive vice president-legal and regulatory affairs, said in a blog post Wednesday (see 1509230037). "ACA’s position has always been that should the FCC repeal the exclusivity rules, it should seek to protect traditionally offered out-of-market stations, like significantly viewed stations, at the same time, and does not need to limit other types of exclusivity arrangements," Polka said. "Such a blatant mistake warrants policymakers who read the NAB blog to fact-check all of NAB’s claims in the blog to make sure they are not also mischaracterized.”