Yet another example of the "innovative" business models our crook of an FCC
Chairman wants to infest Internet service with.
And btw, I noticed a new buzzword of the paranoid yahoos yesterday. This was in
relation to the whack job in the Florida school shooting. "Politicize." It
seems that if you call it like it is, and in the Florida case it was a
reference to the NRA, you are "politicizing." I guess that's the best the
yahoos can do, when they're caught out there with nothing intelligent to say.
Another editorial note. As pathetic as CNN has become, and it is pathetic, Fox
News is apparently trying hard to be every bit as pathetic. In yesterday's
Sunday news wrap-up program, whatever it's called at Fox News, they actually
had Rush Limbaugh on twice, as their "expert" commentator, on two topics.
That's where the "politicize" comment came from. So when these geniuses want to
deflect or delay the obvious, they either use "Congress has to decide," or they
use "politicize."
Back to the topic at hand, there's hardly anything "political" about crooks who
should resign, because they can’t do their job right. There's nothing
"political" or partisan about the guarantee of neutral telecom service, and
there's nothing "political" about being a crook. People from all walks of life
can be crooks. An FCC Chairman who lobbies for 3-4 special interests is, by
definition, a crook. If he wants to be lobbyist, that's fine, but get him out
of public office.
Bert
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http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/northwest-broadcasting-ceo-calls-out-charter-s-rutledge/417977
Cable Operators
Northwest Broadcasting CEO Calls Out Charter’s Rutledge
Brady urges subscribers to contact cable exec amid blackout
2/06/2018 2:48 PM Eastern
By: Jon Lafayette
The CEO of Northwest Broadcasting, whose stations are blacked out on Charter
Communication systems, is urging Charter subscribers to let Tom Rutledge, cable
company’s CEO, know how they feel about the situation.
In a blog post, Northwest CEO Brian Brady said Charter did not negotiate with
the broadcaster, made up conversations concerning potential offers and
ultimately deprived viewers of watching the Super Bowl while, he assumed,
Rutledge "was most likely sitting in a luxury box in Minneapolis."
Brady also told viewers the blackout is happening because Rutledge "doesn’t
care about and has no respect for you."
"He only cares that he can use you as one more weapon in negotiating with our
company while you continue to pay for the substandard service most of you have
described to me," Brady said in the blog, adding that Rutledge’s "recent $98M
bonus dwarfs the total size of our company."
Rutledge's total 2016 compensation was $98.5 million, including salary and
option awards.
Charter has not responded to requests for comment.
UPDATE: A Charter spokesperson declined to comment on the content of the
specific blog post, but the company responded to the impasses in a statement:
“Northwest’s fee increase demand of over 75% is outrageous, especially given
that their programming is available free over the air and online. For more
information, Spectrum customers can visit NorthwestFairDeal.com."
A source familiar with the negotiations noted that Northwest impasses with
Verizon and Cable One last year also resulted in stations going dark, and said
the broadcaster is asking significantly more than Charter is paying other
stations for the same programming.
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