WTA and Nex-Tech Talk Retransmission Consent and Broadband Privacy with FCC

On April 21, 2016, WTA staff and Nex-Tech CEO Jimmy Todd met with FCC staff to discuss ongoing proceedings regarding retransmission consent negotiations and broadband privacy from the perspective of small rural MVPDs and broadband providers.  Points of discussion included increasing cost of video programming and frequency of demands for carriage of non-broadcast networks as a condition of granting retransmission consent as well as the use of customer information and CPNI compliance by RLECs and their MVPD and broadband provider affiliates.