FCC Proposes Per-Sub DBS Fee

The Federal Communications Commission adopted several proposals from a June Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on changes to how it collects regulatory fees from pay-TV providers, broadcasters and others.

In addition to raising the minimum fee liability threshold, the FCC also eliminated several regulatory categories -- broadcast auxiliaries, satellite construction permits -- all effective in 2015. The FCC put off in a further notice the issue of whether to establish a direct broadcast satellite regulatory fee category.