FCC Asks Fox and Cablevision to Defend Negotiations  Media
Bureau gives Oct. 25 deadline for replies or evidence of bad
faith 10/22/2010 02:41:02 PM Eastern  The FCC has asked both
Cablevision and Fox to explain by Monday, Oct. 25, how their
negotiations square with the law that requires them to be "in
good faith."   In a letter to News Corp. President Chase Carey
and Cablevision President James Dolan, FCC Media Bureau Chief
Bill Lake said that the FCC has defined good faith barginaing as
"conducted in an atmosphere of honesty, purpose and clarity of
process."  Lake wants each to describe how they are satisfying
that requirement in the context of their retransmission consent
battle. "In particular, we request that you describe with
specificity what has transpired since you initially began your
negotiations, and detail the efforts your company is making to
end the current  innocent consumers who expect to watch their
preferred broadcast programming without interruption.  We urge
you to place the interests of t