FCC chairman Tom Wheeler gave the all clear on net neutrality grounds to T-Mobile’s recently launched Binge On service, which waives data charges for certain video streaming services.

“It’s clear in the Open Internet Order that we said we are pro-competition and pro-innovation,” said the FCC chief. “Clearly this meets both of those criteria. It’s highly innovative and highly competitive.”

Wheeler made the statement when quizzed after an FCC meeting. His comments were reported by Ars Technica and others.

Binge On enables subscribers on qualifying data plans to stream content from a number of leading content providers (although not YouTube) without an additional charge, although T-Mobile US reserved the right to downgrade video quality to reduce data usage.

The net neutrality concern with Binge On was around the whitelisting of certain content providers rather than others which could lead to consumers adopting these services simply because they are free.

However, Wheeler appears relaxed on that score. That might be because T-Mobile US headed off such concerns at the service’s launch. CEO John Legere pointed out that content providers do not pay to be included in the Binge On package and consumers can opt out of it, and instead choose higher quality video that counts against their tariff caps.

T-Mobile US of course previously launched a similar service for music streaming called Music Freedom, which has not raised net neutrality concerns.

However, Wheeler did say the FCC will continue to monitor Binge On to make sure it’s in line with the regulator’s rules.