Leased Access Rules Likely on FCC Chopping Block, Lawyer Says

The cable leased access Further NPRM, asking about First Amendment issues for the FCC's leased access rules (see 1906060029), seems to point to an order coming that will eliminate those rules due to widespread availability of online platforms for video programming distribution, video carriage lawyer Paul Feldman of Fletcher Heald blogged Monday. Most of the leased access rules revisions the commissioners approved in June in the order accompanying the FNPRM take effect July 22, Feldman said.