NAB Wants 30-Day Extension for MVPD Definition Comments

The FCC should extend the comment deadlines for its proceeding on expanding the definition of a multichannel video programming distributor to include some over-the-top video services, NAB said. Comments are due Feb. 17, replies March 4, but NAB wants comments due March 19, replies April 3. NAB “will need more than the currently allotted time” to analyze “a variety of complex public policy, legal and regulatory matters” connected with the proceeding, the association said Friday in docket 14-261.