A federal appeals court denied a motion to stay the...
A federal appeals court denied a motion to stay the FCC’s recent DTV “viewability” rule, court filings show. Broadcasters, including the NAB, had sued the FCC over the order at the U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit and had…
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sought to block the rule the agency adopted this summer that will let cable operators stop distributing must-carry stations in analog if they offer subscribers certain digital cable equipment (CD Aug 3 p5). The appellants have “not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review,” Judges Judith Rogers, David Tatel and Brett Kavanaugh decided. The ruling is a disappointment because the new requirements will hurt low-income consumers, said Andrew Schwartzman, a communications attorney following the case. “It is always hard to tell why a stay is being denied, so it doesn’t foretell what will happen once the case receives a full briefing,” he said.