FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ISSUES NOTICE: EMPOWERING LOCAL BROADCAST TV STATIONS TO MEET THEIR PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS: EXPLORING MARKET DYNAMICS BETWEEN NATIONAL PROGRAMMERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice called: Empowering Local Broadcast TV Stations To Meet Their Public Interest Obligations: Exploring Market Dynamics Between National Programmers and Their Affiliates.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 28 by Thomas Horan, Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

Summary: In this document, the Media Bureau seeks comment on the current market, regulatory, and contractual dynamics governing the relationship between local television broadcast stations and national programmers in order to identify any barriers that may be preventing local broadcast televisions stations from meeting their public interest obligations and responding to the needs of their local...