FCC Couldn't Enforce Set-top Rules, Disney Tells Rosenworcel
Any enforcement mechanisms the FCC adopts in its set-top box proceeding “would not adequately assure adherence to the terms governing the distribution of content" to multichannel video programming distributors, Disney officials told Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel in a meeting Wednesday, according…
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to an ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 97-80. The FCC couldn't enforce its rules because Disney wouldn't have contracts with the third-party set-top makers, the company said.