FCC Officially Puts Retrans Reform on the Agenda

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission put retransmission consent on the agenda for its March 3 open meeting but was short on the details about the item.

In announcing the proceeding, the commission said it would open up a notice of proposed rulemaking “to streamline and clarify the commission’s rules.”

The item may fall short of the hopes of retransmission reform advocates, led by Time Warner Cable and the American Television Alliance, which has pressed the FCC to reform the rules, which date back to the 1992 Cable Act.

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