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FCC Kills Cable Program Access Rules
Required Competitors Get Access to Cable Owned Content
In a recent report and order (pdf), the FCC announced they'll be letting rules expire requiring that cable operators provide access to content their own (like local sports channels) at reasonable terms. Instead, competitors will need to complain to the FCC on a case-by-case basis if they're being discriminated against by an incumbent cable operator (see: Google Fiber in Kansas City). Somehow FCC boss Julius Genachowski argued that fewer rules protecting consumers was a good thing. "The FCC is focused on promoting competition and protecting consumers in the evolving video market," Genachowski said in a statement. "Today’s unanimous decision enables the FCC to continue preventing anticompetitive video distribution arrangements through a legally sustainable, expeditious, case-by-case review."

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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD

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pnh102

Premium Member

Broken System

This is what you get when you let the cable industry vertically integrate, like with the Comcast-NBC merger.

The only way to fix this racket is to break it. Drop Cable TV. Don't feed the beast. Force this racket to fight for your business instead of giving them your money freely.

megarock
join:2001-06-28
Fenton, MO

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megarock

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All I can say is...

THIS GUY IS AN IDIOT.

Could someone check because it sure looks like his paychecks are coming from the very people he is supposed to protect us from.