Petition to participate

Both phases

The Commercial Television Claimants (“CTV”), represented by the National Association of Broadcasters (“NAB”), will participate in the allocation and distribution proceedings as the representative of the Commercial Television (“CTV”) category, on behalf of all U.S. commercial television broadcast stations retransmitted by cable operators as distant signals during 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The CTV category encompasses claims for programs produced by or for a U.S. commercial television station and broadcast only by that one station during the calendar year in question, not including programs produced by or for a U.S. commercial television station that are comprised predominantly of syndicated elements, such as music video shows, cartoon shows, “PM Magazine,” and locally hosted movie shows. NAB has served as the sole representative of the CTV category in every Allocation Phase (formerly referred to as “Phase I”) cable royalty distribution proceeding since the 1979 proceeding, and is aware of no objection to its continuing representation of the interests of this claimant category. The CTV claimants have a significant interest in the subject matter of the proceedings because the stations they represent own programming retransmitted by cable systems for which they are entitled to receive cable royalties for the relevant years. CTV respectfully reserves its right to modify the CTV claimants list in response to rulings of the Copyright Office or the Copyright Royalty Judges, the acquisition of additional evidence, or the filings of additional claimant parties, or receiving additional representation agreements from claimants in the commercial television category.

David J Ervin

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John Stewart

David J Ervin

The counsel or representative that filed this joint petition certifies that, as of the date of submission of the joint petition, such counsel or representative has the authority and consent of the participants to represent them in the royalty rate proceeding.

09/12/2024