Avoid Added Channel Lineup Posting Requirements, ACA Asks Media Bureau
If the FCC axes only the requirement that cable operators maintain channel lineups in their local offices, it needs to not put a new regulatory obligation on small cable systems to post their channel lineups in their online public inspection…
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files or other government-run databases, the American Cable Association told Media Bureau staffers, according to a docket 17-105 ex parte posting Thursday. Small systems -- not required to maintain online public inspection files -- provide the channel lineup information on their websites and other publicly available platforms, and shouldn't need to face additional record-keeping requirements, it said.