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Executive Editor's Letter: A Decent 2006.(Editorial)
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Cable World
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January 9, 2006
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By John P. Ourand
This being the first issue of the year, I feel obliged to make a few predictions about what we will or won't see in 2006. I've boiled it down to two:
1. The indecency flap effectively is over.
2. Nobody will subscribe to family tiers.
With the introduction of family-friendly tiers this quarter, cable probably has done just enough to mollify politicians and regulators on indecency. That should mean the issue will be taken off the table in 2006.
The scuttlebutt inside the Beltway is that Kevin Martin has political aspirations beyond being chairman of the FCC. Now when he campaigns for Senate in North Carolina (as he's expected to), he ...