On October 25, 2017, Larry Frazier of Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative and Bill Durdach of WTA met with Media Bureau staff to discuss the issues small MVPDs face in the video marketplace including rising programming costs, retransmission consent, and the … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Video Issues with FCC Media Bureau”
On October 10th, WTA filed Comments in the FCC Media Bureau’s Annual Video Competition Report proceeding. WTA expressed its concern that small MVPDs’ inability to acquire programming at reasonable prices has made offering video services a losing proposition where companies … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments for FCC’s Annual Video Competition Report”
On September 12th, WTA Staff met with legal advisors for new FCC Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Brendan Carr. In meetings with Wireline advisors Travis Litman (Rosenworcel) and Nathan Eagan (Carr), WTA Staff asserted that the Universal Service Fund High … Continue reading “WTA Visits Staff for New FCC Commissioners”
Today, WTA filed comments with the FCC regarding authorization for local broadcast stations to launch broadcasts in the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard. As broadcast stations begin to launch Next Generation TV broadcasts, small MVPDs may be required to undertake … Continue reading “WTA Asks FCC To Protect Small MVPDs In Next Generation TV Transition”
This week, WTA met with staff of Commissioners Rosenworcel and O’Rielly urging the Commission to adopt a permanent exemption from any new rules developed in the ongoing set-top box proceeding. WTA noted that requiring compliance by small MVPDs with either … Continue reading “WTA Advocates for Premanent Exemption for Small MVPDs from New Set-Top Box Rules”
Today, WTA filed comments urging the FCC to adopt its proposal to eliminate reporting requirements relating to cable system principal headend locations. Requiring MVPDs to disclose information only upon request to regulators and local broadcast stations will reduce reporting burdens … Continue reading “WTA Asks FCC to Reduce MVPD Reporting Burdens”
This week, representatives from WTA staff and member telcos met with staff from four FCC Commissioner offices to discuss the recent reforms to the Universal Service Fund and how the reforms will affect decision-making by rate-of-return telcos. The notice of … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Commissioner Staff to Discuss USF Reforms, Set-top Box Proposal and Other Video Issues”
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