FCC Should Minimize Burdens on Cable of Online Public Filing, NCTA Says
The FCC should minimize “any unnecessary burdens” on cable systems from online public file requirements, NCTA said in an ex parte filing posted in docket 14-127 Thursday. The agency should “balance the interest in ensuring access to the Commission-hosted database…
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with the need for a reasonable transition period to the online system,” NCTA said. Its lawyers spoke separately with aides to Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Ajit Pai. An order on circulation that's on the preliminary agenda for the next commissioner meeting Jan. 28 would extend to cable and other licensees a requirement that TV-station licensees put their public files online (see 1601080047).