ACA Recycling Retrans Arguments in Video Diversity Proceeding, NAB Says
American Cable Association is taking ACA arguments in a totality of circumstances FCC NPRM and making them again in docket 16-41 under the guise of promoting independent and diverse programming, NAB said in a filing posted Tuesday. That runs against…
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FCC instructions not to propose modifications to retransmission consent rules in the diversity proceeding, NAB said, and ACA assertions "are no more compelling now than when they were raised elsewhere." NAB focused on ACA arguments against bundling, saying broadcasters "do not require any parties to enter into agreements for multiple channels of programming." That makes the issue one of cable system capacity restraints, which in turn "are self-imposed by ACA members' own business decisions about whether and how to invest capital," NAB said. NAB has repeatedly targeted ACA arguments against bundling (see 1609010031). ACA didn't comment Tuesday.