DirecTV Drafts Market Modification Form Denial Letter

DirecTV drew up its own form rejection letter that would go to broadcasters requesting a market modification that isn't technically or economically feasible. In an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 15-71, DirecTV said the letter could go to requesting broadcasters as a form of a certification related to a given satellite company's spot beam coverage. The proposed letter says the satellite carrier has looked into such issues for the ZIP codes in question as estimated atmospheric effects, the amount of capacity already being used in the relevant spot beam, clear sky signal margin and estimated interference levels. "Based on this analysis, [Satellite Carrier] cannot provide service to [all/some/the following] zip codes associated with this request," the proposed denial letter said.