NCTA: FCC Regulations Lag Competitive Market

The National Cable and Telecommunications Association says the video marketplace has been competitive for many years and through many video competition reports, but the Federal Communications Commission's regularity regime has yet to catch up with that fact. Add the "booster rocket" of over-the-top options, it says and "the role for regulators is not, as some urge, to extend the scope of new and existing regulations but to ensure regulatory parity by eliminating rules and requirements designed to address circumstances that no longer exist." That came in NCTA's reply comments to the FCC's request for input for its 2016 video competition report, where it sought an FCC clarification that cable systems subject to effective competition are no longer required to carry all broadcast stations on the basic tier.