MMTC, NABOB Back Refreshing Record on Treating Streamers as MVPDs
The FCC should refresh the record in docket 14-261 on whether streaming services should be treated as MVPDs (see 2306230062), said the National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters and the Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council in a call Thursday with…
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an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, according to an ex parte filing posted Monday. “The regulatory treatment of vMVPDs has implications for broadcast ownership diversity both in terms of new entry and retention of existing owners,” said the filing. “If local stations are unable to control carriage of their signals on vMVPD platforms or cannot be accessed on such platforms, prospective minority owners will be deterred from entering the ranks of television station ownership.” The “continued viability of free over-the-air television is critical to minority viewers and their communities,” the filing said.