House Republican leaders are warning the FCC not to reopen its inquiry into applying traditional cable operator regulations to streaming services that offer similar offerings online, saying that issue should be left to Congress.
“We write to express concerns about any attempt by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to apply 1990s-era laws and regulations to virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (vMVPD),” wrote House Energy & Commerce Committee chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Communications Subcommittee chair Bob Latta (R-Ohio) in a letter to FCC xchair Jessica Rosenworcel.
