Retrans Disputes Poised to Dominate House STELA Hearings

摘要

House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., wants more FCCnauthority over retrans conflicts, and is already provoking opposition from broadcasters. She plans to introducenthe Video Consumers Have Options in Choosing Entertainment Act (http://1.usa.gov/17QKhDH),nher office said Monday. “Recurring TV blackouts, including the 91 U.S. markets impacted in 2012, havenmade it abundantly clear that the FCC needs explicit statutory authority to intervene when retransmissionndisputes break down,” Eshoo said in a statement. “This discussion draft is intended to spur constructive, actionable debate on ways to improve the video marketplace for video content creators, pay-TV providersnand, most importantly, consumers.”