Electing Not to Use Certified Mail Should End Carriage Complaint, Dish Says

Since KMTP-TV San Francisco sent its must-carry election via priority express mail instead of the certified mail specified in FCC rules, the carriage complaint filed by licensee Minority TV Project should be dismissed, Dish Network said in a docket 17-313 response posted Thursday. It said the KMTP complaint was premature since the broadcaster hasn't written Dish indicating why it believes the company isn't living up to its carriage obligations, as FCC rules mandate. Station owner Minority TV Project, in its complaint earlier this month, said Dish was following a "hyper-technical" reading of the rules regarding mailing (see 1711130057). Counsel for KMTP didn't comment.