FCC To Say "No" To A La Carte Programming

In very good news for new, emerging, niche and independent networks, the FCC will be issuing a report which dismisses a la carte as an effective or useful means to address questions of program choice and subscriber cable costs. Citing the economics that would harm the goal of diversity of ideas and cable voices, the report seems to track the arguments made by many networks (including one of my faves, Court TV). There apparently is also a discussion of how retransmission consent may be abused by broadcast nets and also have a negative impact on on the ability of new and niche cable nets to get started and grow. Unfortunately for cable networks, there is no definitive statement.


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