In nearly half of all designated market areas...
In nearly half of all designated market areas in which DirecTV carries local signals, DirecTV “must negotiate with a party controlling multiple Big Four affiliates, often through arrangements that circumvent the commission’s ownership rules,” DirecTV said in an ex parte…
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filing in docket 10-71, which included an analysis of DMAs (http://bit.ly/18wXczt). The analysis focused on DMAs where broadcasters are able to negotiate for two or more Big Four affiliated stations, it said. The filing recounted a meeting with FCC commissioners Ajit Pai, Michael O'Rielly and Mignon Clyburn and staff from Chairman Tom Wheeler’s office. DirecTV representatives also stressed “the spiraling fees being demanded by broadcasters for retransmission consent,” it said.