Cox Communications urged the FCC to adopt rules that...

Cox Communications urged the FCC to adopt rules that give cable operators and broadcasters a commission-sanctioned “fair path” to the resolution of retransmission consent disputes, said the cable operator in a letter filed in docket 10-71 (http://bit.ly/1aFG0eO). Cox advocated a voluntary, non-binding mediation framework that would allow the negotiating parties to make their cases before an “impartial and experienced industry mediator who can help bring the two sides together.” Cox’s framework would provide transparency and limited public disclosure of each side’s rate demands, “providing a discipline to bargaining that is often absent today,” Cox said.