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Article: A La Carte Off FCC Agenda?
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- July 21, 2008
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by Ted Hearn
Martin Murky About Advancing Cable Choice Rules in the Fall
Washington- If Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin is planning to overhaul the economics of the cable business in the near future, he is keeping it a well-guarded secret.
Martin recently dismissed rumors that the FCC was going to vote in late August on rules designed to impose wholesale a la carte mandates on cable programmers. 'There isn't anybody in the commission that's working on the issue,' he told reporters on July 11. 'I've had the Media Bureau staff working on different issues.'
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The FCC is planning to ...