Topic: Cable and Satellite Broadcasting
U.S. court backs ban on some cable TV program deals
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals for affiliated television programing. The prohibition was poised to end in October 2007 unless the FCC acted, but the FCC decided to extend the ...
Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules
AP News
Summary Box: Federal court upholds FCC rules for programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposedTHE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV. THE RULING: An appeals court sided with the Federal Communications Commission and ...
Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision
AP News
Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposedA federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies. The ruling by the U.S ...
Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts
AP News
Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcastersThe most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards. About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a ...
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