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Perhaps Mediacom Communications can shame the Federal Communications Commission into intervening in its 14-day retransmission standoff with LIN TV. In the second strongly worded letter it's sent to the commission since LIN TV's stations went dark in seven of its markets, Mediacom's counsel on Tuesday all but accused the FCC of playing favorites, stepping into retransmission disputes only when audiences in the big, high-profile markets are affected.
"Unfortunately, the Commission thus far has chosen not to give this interruption the same level of attention as it has given past blackouts that impacted viewers in major metropolitan areas (such as Fox's denial of its programming to Cablevision's subscribers in the New York City metropolitan area last fall," wrote Mediacom lawyer Seth Davidson, of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge.
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