The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance urged the FCC to immediately reformnthe retransmission consent process. The commission should adopt a standstill provision "to preventnsignal loss for consumers during retransmission consent negotiation impasses," said ITTA in an ex partenfiling in docket 10-71 (http://bit.ly/15epHTx). Certain behavior, like attempts by parties to deny customernaccess to significantly viewed out-of-market signals, should be clarified as constituting a "per se violationnof the statutory duty to negotiate in good faith," it said. ITTA said it's hopeful that, under new leadership,nthe FCC "will promptly proceed with much needed reforms that would help restore balance to the videondistribution marketplace."
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