{"id":866,"date":"2016-07-21T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?p=866"},"modified":"2016-07-21T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T12:05:41","slug":"fcc-will-not-set-new-rules-on-negotiations-between-broadcasters-and-pay-tv-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/fcc-will-not-set-new-rules-on-negotiations-between-broadcasters-and-pay-tv-providers\/866\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Will Not Set New Rules On Negotiations Between Broadcasters And Pay-TV Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_868\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"wp-image-868 size-medium\" title=\"Dish-Tribune War\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dish-Network-Channel-Guide-2-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Dish Network Dispute<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Communications Commission\u2019s Chairman, Tom Wheeler, recently said in a press release that new rules would not be proposed on negotiations between pay-TV providers and broadcasters over rights for retransmission. The increased number of disputes in the recent years has led to many blackouts of channels on satellite TV networks. FCC is currently trying to end the dispute between Tribune Media and Dish Network, which led to a removal of 42 Tribune channels from the Dish Network channel guide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wheeler posted in a blog saying that \u201cit is clear that more rules in this area are not what we need at this point.\u201d He added that there is no need for \u201cmore rules, but for both sides in retransmission consent negotiations to take seriously their responsibility to consumers, who expect to watch their preferred broadcast programming without interruption and to receive the subscription TV service for which they pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attempt to revise the \u201ctotality of the circumstances test,\u201d to find out whether satellite and cable operators and station owners are negotiating in good faith even in situations when stations blackout, was supported by the satellite and cable companies. However, FCC Chairman says that \u201cthere is nothing in the record that suggests that our current totality of the circumstances test, which is intentionally broad, is inadequate to address the negotiating practices of broadcast stations or [pay TV distributors] in the marketplace today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThough commenters complained about a variety of negotiating practices, none showed that those practices are the causes of the blackouts that occur. Further, a number of the practices complained of were said to have been engaged in by a single negotiating party or in a small number of negotiations and do not appear to be gaining currency in the marketplace,\u201d Wheeler added. He further said that FCC is \u201cprepared to use the authority Congress has conferred on the Commission to help to bring negotiations to a conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_867\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-image-867 size-medium\" title=\"Dish Network Packages\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dish-Network-Channels-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dish Network Channels\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Loss Of Channels<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Association of Broadcasters is in agreement with what Wheeler said in his statement. \u201cAs Chairman Wheeler acknowledges, the vast majority of these negotiations are successfully concluded without incident or impasse. Broadcasters remain fully committed to reaching agreements with pay TV companies in good faith,\u201d said Dennis Wharton, NAB Executive Vice President for Media Relations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, President of American Cable Association, Matthew Polka, said that they are shocked by the statement that \u201cignores the plight of millions of consumers served by (pay TV providers) who have repeatedly been victimized by broadcasters&#8217; heavy-handed bargaining tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission\u2019s Chairman, Tom Wheeler, recently said in a press release that new rules would not be proposed on negotiations between pay-TV providers and broadcasters over rights for retransmission. The increased number of disputes in the recent years has led to many blackouts of channels on satellite TV networks. 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