Cox CEO Talks Up Fair Path Retrans Plan to Commissioners
Cox Communications CEO Pat Esser pushed FCC commissioners on the company's "fair path" proposal for resolving retransmission consent disputes (see 1401290066), according to a docket 15-216 filing posted Tuesday. In meetings with Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Brendan Carr, Mike…
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O'Rielly and Jessica Rosenworcel, Cox said fair path involves mandatory, nonbinding mediation and that could be triggered by either side within 30 days of a contract expiration, and during mediation broadcasters can't pull signals or discontinue online access to content. Cox said under its fair path plan, if mediation doesn't produce an agreement, both parties' last best offers would be made public.