The woman who serves as SVP/Deputy General Counsel for Legal and Regulatory Affairs at the NAB last Friday met with a key advisor to one of the FCC’s two Republican Commissioners to state the association’s case that a Commission-hosted database featuring MVPD notifications of a broadcast TV station “blackout” due to a retransmission consent impasse goes beyond the agency’s statutory authority.
Furthermore, the NAB says it could lead to more service disruptions while failing to provide any meaningful information to consumers.