Cox, Dish Objections to Nexstar/Media General Deal Should Be Ignored, Says Nexstar
Objections by Cox Communications and Dish Network to the proposed Nexstar/ Media General deal “repeat misleading and misplaced arguments about the application of the Commission’s general rules regarding retransmission consent,” Nexstar said in a reply filing in docket 16-57. “A…
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merger proceeding is the not the proper forum to address general policy matters such as retransmission consent restrictions,” Nexstar said. Those objections, along with those by the American Cable Association and ITTA, ignore the public interest benefits of the transaction, Nexstar said. Those benefits include “robust investment” in local news and increased operating efficiencies, the filing said. The FCC shouldn't impose oversight “mechanisms” to ensure the merged entity complies with merger conditions, Nexstar said. Such rules are “wholly inappropriate as a prophylactic measure,” Nexstar said. “Nexstar urges the FCC to reject the arguments of the petitioners in this proceeding and grant the Applications -- which are now ripe for approval -- without further delay,”