Stiffer Regulation for the cable industry?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007A vote today inside the FCC could lead to tighter regulation of the cable industry. The five commissioners from the FCC are set to vote on a proposal to include several issues.
First, they are to consider whether or not it should cut rates charged by cable operators to lease channel access to programmers by as much as 75% in order to encourage more diverse programming. Cable operators are required to offer leased space, but it isn’t used widely — mostly carrying infomercials and programming from religious groups.
Secondly, they are to decide whether cable operators should have to settle disputes with programmers …
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