Hawaiian Telecom and Altafiber Pushing Broadcaster 'Social Contracts'
Social contracts with cable operators could offer "a measured approach" toward easing TV ownership restrictions, according to altafiber and Hawaiian Telecom. In docket 25-133 Friday, they laid out the basics of such social contracts, which involve cable operators getting flexibility…
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in setting rates for regulated product tiers and services, and, in exchange, the cablers agreeing to benefits, including negotiated rates, limited future regulated rate increases and free services to schools and libraries. Earlier in June, altafiber and Hawaiian Telecom pushed in meetings with FCC staff for social contracts for broadcasters in the event of changes to the broadcast-ownership cap, with the contracts including such agreements as reductions in retransmission consent rates that broadcasters charge MVPDs.