Cable networks opposed legislation that would make cable and sate...
Cable networks opposed legislation that would make cable and satellite operators sell channels individually, instead of in packages. In a Monday letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, A&E, CNN, C-SPAN, Discovery, Lifetime and about 100 other…
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networks said a la carte would boost marketing costs to the detriment of new programming. They called a la carte a “simple sounding solution” that is “misguided and would not result in the benefits portrayed by its supporters.” At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on violence today (Tuesday), FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is expected to tout a la carte as a way to reduce childhood exposure to TV violence. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe, also testifying, is expected to say a la carte legislation would violate the First Amendment.