Zoder
join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL
| reply to YeaButIwould
Re: FCC
That's nothing new for the FCC.
Back in the 90s they wouldn't approve the purchase of radio stations by Infinity Broadcasting or approve license renewals for existing stations until they paid the fines for Howard Stern broadcasts.
CEO Mel Karmazin wanted to fight the indecency charges in court but decided to pay up once they began extorting him with his licenses. |
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Zoder
join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL | Here's a link to what the OP mentioned. »www.latimes.com/business/custom/···ss-enter |
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yeabutiwould
@208.17.x.x | Thanks for the link. |
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hobgoblin
Sortof Agoblin
Premium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
clubs:
| reply to Zoder
As I thought the OP was wrong
"The Federal Communications Commission has warned the nation's two leading cable TV companies that unwanted conditions could be imposed on their proposed acquisition of a rival if they do not agree to curb the proliferation of sexually explicit programming, according to company sources"
Unwanted Conditions.....not "The FCC also said it would not approve the sale of Adelphia to Comcast/TimeWarner "
Thanks
Hob
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to hobgoblin
Re: FCC
Yeah, big effing difference.
It's like the difference between your mother saying "you can't go out," and having her say "you can go out, but only after you mow the yard at the community center for free, donate 40 charity hours to the library, agree to join the junior choir at church AND you have to take your little sister and her friend along and help them buy clothes."
Some conditions just aren't worth it--especially when they involve the questionable expansion of the underlying agency's jurisdiction.
calvoiper
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
| reply to hobgoblin
said by hobgoblin  :As I thought the OP was wrong "The Federal Communications Commission has warned the nation's two leading cable TV companies that unwanted conditions could be imposed on their proposed acquisition of a rival if they do not agree to curb the proliferation of sexually explicit programming, according to company sources" Unwanted Conditions.....not "The FCC also said it would not approve the sale of Adelphia to Comcast/TimeWarner " Thanks Hob Classic BS. There's no real difference in their case. |
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Hickerx2
God Bless The U.S. Military
join:2001-03-04
Franklinville, NY
| reply to calvoiper
You'll find that he loves to argue semantics.
In any event, the FCC is blackmailing CC and TW. It's no doubt politically motivated.
As a business owner, I can understand that true "al a carte" pricing probably won't work. I think that the cable co's should become a "carrier", much like the utility co's and force the ESPN lovers to pay a subscription directly to ESPN(for example). |
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hobgoblin
Sortof Agoblin
Premium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
clubs: | Hicker wandered in to post
"You'll find that he loves to argue semantics."
I like accuracy.
Hob
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| I like accuracy when it makes a difference. When it doesn't, it's as annoying as having someone correct my statement that they showed up at a quarter after two by telling me that they arrived at 2:15 and 27 seconds.
calvoiper
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