Cable Industry Pushes for Electronic Notification Delivery Flexibility
Electronic delivery of subscriber notices has both cost-savings and environmental benefits, NCTA, Comcast and Charter Communications representatives told FCC Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey, said a docket 17-317 filing posted Tuesday. The cable interests asked for flexibility to electronically ship…
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mandatory notifications as long as the methods used are 'reasonably calculated' to reach customers, and that approach would obviate the need to keep updating the rules. They said the FCC should clarify that operators can direct customers to company websites for certain required information by putting the online address in printed or electronic materials. They spoke against the idea of must-carry/retransmission consent election notices be put in a broadcasters' public file, since cable operators would need to cull through hundreds of such files. MVPDs and broadcasters have been at odds over the public file elections issue (see 1802160005).