NCTA, Joint Broadcasters Support NAB Telemarketing Waiver Petition
The FCC should grant an NAB petition for waivers of prior express written consent rules designed to fight telemarketing, said NCTA and a coalition of broadcasters that includes Gray, Mission and Nexstar, in docket 02-278. Broadcasters send automated text messages…
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for breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts that could be affected by the rules, the broadcaster filing said. It’s arbitrary and capricious to grant such waivers only to the Coalition of Mobile Engagement Providers and Direct Marketing Association, NCTA and the broadcasters said. The commission should grant the petitions because of “confusion regarding the written consent requirements, and exposure to “pointless and expensive class action litigation,” NCTA said.