Content area
Proposed rule.
CFR Part: "47 CFR Part 76"
Citation: "80 FR 2078"
Document Number: "MB Docket No. 14-261; FCC 14-210"
Page Number: "2078"
"Proposed Rules"
SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission propose new rules designed to better reflect the fact that video services are being provided increasingly over the Internet. Specifically, we propose to modernize our interpretation of the term "multichannel video programming distributor" ("MVPD") by including within its scope services that make available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple linear streams of video programming, regardless of the technology used to distribute the programming. Such an approach will ensure both that incumbent providers will continue to be subject to the pro-competitive, consumer-focused regulations that apply to MVPDs as they transition their services to the Internet and that nascent, Internet-based video programming services will have access to the tools they need to compete with established providers.