Totality of Circumstances NPRM Replies Deadline Moved to Jan. 14
The deadline for responses to comments in the FCC's NPRM on possible changes to the "totality of circumstances" test for good-faith retransmission consent negotiations was delayed two weeks to Jan. 14. In an order posted Tuesday, the FCC's Media Bureau…
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said such extensions aren't routine, but one is warranted in docket 15-216 "given the importance of the issues in this proceeding, and in light of the intervening holidays." Numerous broadcaster groups had sought an extension to March 2, citing "overlapping deadlines" with the broadcast incentive auction (see 1510230039). Comments were due in the proceeding Dec. 1, with some multichannel video programming distributors proposing changes beyond the list of practices the agency said it's considering as potential violations of good-faith negotiating, while broadcasters said the retrans market doesn't require fixing (see 1512020029).