[opendtv] Report: FCC seeks greater authority over US cable TV
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:47:28 -0500
Seems a little late in the game to me, especially now that Verizon and
AT&T are beginning to compete in the same locations as incumbent cable
companies, with the same set of services that cable is offering.
Bert
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http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=2823
Report: FCC seeks greater authority over US cable TV
A report by the US communications regulator, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), is expected to claim that cable TV companies have met
a subscriber threshold that allows the FCC to exercise greater
regulatory authority over the industry.
According to an un-named FCC official, the finding is contained in an
annual report that assesses competition in the pay-television market.
The report is said to conclude that the cable TV industry has reached
the so-called "70/70" threshold. The threshold is part of a provision of
the 1984 cable act which states that when a cable network with 36 or
more channels is available to 70 percent of households in the U.S. and
70 percent of those households subscribe to them, the FCC may
"promulgate any additional rules necessary to promote diversity of
information sources."
The cable television industry strongly disagrees that the standard has
been reached.
DTG Staff 12.11.2007
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