DirecTV, Dish Argue Against Carriage Election Proposal at Media Bureau
Broadcasters haven't made a case for how the current direct broadcast satellite carriage election regime is a burden, Dish Network and DirecTV representatives told FCC Media Bureau staffers. They said the NAB-NCTA carriage election proposal shouldn't be extended to DBS.…
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In a docket 17-105 posting Wednesday, they said a requirement to send a couple of letters every three years to ensure carriage "is not burdensome in light of the benefit received" and the NAB-NCTA email delivery proposal isn't as certain given the possibility of spam filters or typos in delivery addresses.