The deadline for comments on the FCC further notice of...

The deadline for comments on the FCC further notice of proposed rulemaking on program access rules is Nov. 30, a Media Bureau public notice released Wednesday said (http://xrl.us/bnw799). Replies are due Dec. 17 also in docket 12-68. And the FCC’s rule that let its ban on exclusive contracts between cable operators and the networks they own expire becomes effective Nov. 30, a notice in the Federal Register said (http://bitly.com/X1CiDq). The agency released both the further notice and the order on the exclusivity ban on Oct. 5 (CD Oct 9 p1).