The FCC on Wednesday took another step toward becoming greener and more carbon neutral by taking steps to update to its notification rules for cable and satellite TV providers.
Specifically, the Commission is asking to transition required notices to broadcast TV stations from paper to electronic delivery.
This would effectively erase rules that require cable and satellite TV providers to send written notices to local TV stations by mail, certified mail, or hand delivery before taking certain actions.
For example, cable operators must provide notice before commencing service in a market or deleting or repositioning a broadcast station.
Similarly, satellite providers must give notice prior to retransmitting certain stations and launching new services into a market.
The NPRM proposes that notices from a cable operator to a broadcast TV station be delivered via e-mail to an inbox designated by the station in the online public inspection file (OPIF).
The Notice seeks comment on whether satellite TV providers similarly should be required to use email to deliver notices to broadcast TV stations. It also asks whether and how the proposal to require electronic delivery of notices can be applied to certain low power TV and noncommercial translator stations that are not required to maintain an OPIF.
