DirecTV CEO Talks Retrans Fees Loopholes With Commissioners
Broadcasters sneaking around the ownership rules' prohibition on owning more than one top-four station in a market by putting top-four programming on multicasts and low-power stations is one driver of the steep rise in retransmission consent fees, DirecTV CEO Bill…
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Morrow told the FCC commissioners in a series of meetings recapped in a docket 18-349 posting Thursday. Morrow urged the agency to stop that practice.