The broadcast "retransmission consent" regulatory structure isn't exactly the hottest topic of the moment, so you might wonder why PK recently filed Reply Comments (and joined the Petition for Rulemaking) urging the FCC to revamp its rules governing negotiations between over-the-air broadcasters and cable companies.
Getting the retransmission consent rules right is important if the FCC wants to protect consumer choice by ensuring a vibrant marketplace for multichannel video programming distributors (including cable companies, digital broadcast satellite, incumbent local exchange carriers, and online video distributors). Right now consumers are caught in the middle, and are being used as pawns in the negotiations for cable companies' rights to offer broadcast programming to their customers. In recent years, these negotiations have consistently resulted in either higher cable rates for consumers or loss of programming. PK's reply comments urge the FCC to stop letting consumers get trampled in a system that was intended to benefit the public by preserving "free" over-the-air broadcasting.
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Getting the retransmission consent rules right is important if the FCC wants to protect consumer choice by ensuring a vibrant marketplace for multichannel video programming distributors (including cable companies, digital broadcast satellite, incumbent local exchange carriers, and online video distributors). Right now consumers are caught in the middle, and are being used as pawns in the negotiations for cable companies' rights to offer broadcast programming to their customers. In recent years, these negotiations have consistently resulted in either higher cable rates for consumers or loss of programming. PK's reply comments urge the FCC to stop letting consumers get trampled in a system that was intended to benefit the public by preserving "free" over-the-air broadcasting.
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Getting the retransmission consent rules right is important if the FCC wants to protect consumer choice by ensuring a vibrant marketplace for multichannel video programming distributors (including cable companies, digital broadcast satellite, incumbent local exchange carriers, and online video distributors). Right now consumers are caught in the middle, and are being used as pawns in the negotiations for cable companies' rights to offer broadcast programming to their customers. In recent years, these negotiations have consistently resulted in either higher cable rates for consumers or loss of programming. PK's reply comments urge the FCC to stop letting consumers get trampled in a system that was intended to benefit the public by preserving "free" over-the-air broadcasting.
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Getting the retransmission consent rules right is important if the FCC wants to protect consumer choice by ensuring a vibrant marketplace for multichannel video programming distributors (including cable companies, digital broadcast satellite, incumbent local exchange carriers, and online video distributors). Right now consumers are caught in the middle, and are being used as pawns in the negotiations for cable companies' rights to offer broadcast programming to their customers. In recent years, these negotiations have consistently resulted in either higher cable rates for consumers or loss of programming. PK's reply comments urge the FCC to stop letting consumers get trampled in a system that was intended to benefit the public by preserving "free" over-the-air broadcasting.
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