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Article: Cable protests three-phase repositioning. (Federal Communication Commission must carry and retransmission-consent rules)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- May 10, 1993
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In comments on FCC's new rules, NCTA, MSO's complain of cumbersome must-carry, retrans timetables, ask for deadline on broadcasters' applications for ADI changes
The FCC's rules for must carry and retransmission consent are contradictory to the Cable Act, put unnecessary burdens on cable operators and will need to be changed if they are ultimately implemented, cable operators and the National Cable Television Association said last week.
The rules already have been challenged on constitutional grounds in the courts. Cable lost in U.S. District Court in Washington April 8; the Supreme Court will likely hear arguments in the fall.
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