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Article: Cable industry wants laws reformed
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 9, 2000
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Cable industry wants laws reformed
Executives want change in regulations governing deals with
broadcasters
Associated Press
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
New Orleans -- Still stinging from last week's highly publicized
spat between ABC and Time Warner, cable executives who gathered for
their annual convention said Monday that the laws governing their
transmission deals with broadcasters need to be re-examined.
"The law should never have permitted this," Time Warner chief
Gerald Levin said of the showdown that left 3.5 million of his
customers without a local ABC signal for a day and a half.
The system is "just bad public policy, and we aim to change it,"
he said, drawing applause at the National ...