Broadcast and Cable Commenters Support First Monthly Media Deregulation Item
Broadcast and cable commenters unanimously support an FCC proposal to do away with a mandate that hard copies of agency rules be kept on hand. The support came in comments in docket 17-231. The proposal would still require broadcasters and…
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cable carriers to be familiar with FCC rules, but paper copies aren’t the best way to accomplish that, said America’s Public Television Stations, CPB and PBS. “Paper copies of the rule are not continually updated, and they are not searchable by licensees seeking to understand Commission requirements applicable to particular circumstances.” The American Cable Association praised the proposal for removing burdensome and “duplicative” rules, and NCTA and NAB also filed in support of the change. The proposal is the first of Chairman Ajit Pai’s monthly media deregulation items (see 1709060073).