CBS, Meredith Oppose PMCM Request

A PMCM TV ex parte filing on a meeting with FCC officials left out (see 1511270044) CBS and Meredith’s objections to PMCM’s proposal that it be restored to major/minor virtual channel 3.10, the major broadcasters said in their own ex parte filing in docket 14-150 posted Wednesday. “PMCM wishes to ‘restore’ operation for which it had no authority in the first instance." PMCM’s claim to virtual channel 3.10 “has been rejected by a well-reasoned [Media] Bureau decision and the D.C. Circuit declined to grant mandamus,” the latest ex parte filing said. “PMCM has a pending Application for Review of the Bureau’s decision, and these further filings appear to be simply an effort to circumvent the Commission’s processes so it can return to the previously unauthorized operation.” PMCM just a repeats its previous arguments, they said. “Should PMCM propose solutions other than PSIP [Program and System Information Protocol] Channel 3.10, Meredith and CBS stand open to discuss them. Meredith and CBS, however, have made clear that they do not wish to engage any more resources in PMCM simply repeating the same thing.”