NAB's LeGeyt Lobbies Rosenworcel on vMPVDs

The FCC should refresh the record on treating streaming services as MVPDs, NAB President Curtis LeGeyt told Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a meeting last week, said an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 14-261. The top five virtual MVPDs now have as many subscribers as Charter, and none of them existed when the FCC’s proceeding began in 2014, NAB said. The FCC “would greatly benefit from learning more from all stakeholders about how this important market has evolved,” the filing said. “When the proceeding began, vMVPDs were in their infancy,” but the agency now has access to more information on their effect on the video marketplace, NAB said.