Altice Wants Better Explanation on Standard/Tegna
The FCC should consider requiring Standard General and Tegna to “better explain the structure” of their proposed deal and its use of “after-acquired” and “divested” station clauses, said Altice in a call with an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel last…
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week, according to an ex parte filing in docket 22-162. Altice is “concerned that the applicants may be engineering this transaction to raise retransmission consent prices through a complicated deployment” of such clauses, the filing said. The transaction's effect on retransmission consent negotiations has been a focus of deal opponents (see 2208090026).