CCIA Plan a 'Repackaging' of FCC Proposal, Says AT&T
A Computer & Communications Industry Association suggestion that there are ways the plan from the original FCC set-top NPRM and the pay-TV backed apps proposal could coexist is “a thinly veiled repackaging” of the NPRM, AT&T said in a filing…
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Thursday. The group (see 1608180062) “perpetuates CCIA’s original and outrageous demand that the FCC facilitate its members’ ability to poach, reshape, and monetize valuable video programming,” said the telco-TV provider. The CCIA filing “does nothing more than slap a fresh coat of paint on the NPRM proposal,” AT&T said. “It deliberately ignores the lawful copyright rights of programmers and MVPDs [multichannel video programming distributors] as authoritatively recognized by the Copyright Office." CCIA didn't comment. Also Thursday, Univision reported in the docket on lobbying FCC officials on set-tops (see 1608250055).