March 11, 2014, 10:30 am
Pay TV’s mission is to kill free broadcast TV
By Fred Campbell
Pay TV
Quote:
In short, Pay TV’s fixation on retransmission rights isn’t about programming prices — it’s about eliminating the Free TV model and increasing advertising revenues for Pay TV distributors. This explains the cognitive dissonance of some free market advocates who, while clamoring for repeal of retransmission consent and other provisions that are essential to the Free TV model, are not advocating for repeal of provisions mandating that TV stations broadcast their signals for free. It’s a nifty way of killing Free TV without expressly acknowledging it.
Irrespective of the Free TV model’s merits, a policy change of this magnitude should be debated transparently and comprehensively, not rushed through STELA wearing a false “market failure” masque. If Congress intends to eliminate Free TV, it should at least recognize the legitimate consumer and investment-backed expectations created by the current statutory framework and consider appropriate transition mechanisms. The Communications Act update would provide an appropriate legislative vehicle for that consideration. STELA reauthorization does not.
|
Forces are at work to eliminate our free antenna TV.
Cable and Satellite are going extinct despite their attempts to kill off some of the competition.
Internet based services will replace Cable and Satellite in a few years, they are both corrupt in their own way.
FRED CAMPBELL 26 Mar 2014
CUT THE CORD: Cable Lobby Rakes in Millions in Gov't Subsidies, Now Back for More
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2014/03/26/cut-the-cord-cable-lobby-rakes-in-millions-in-govt-subsidies-now-back-for-more/
Quote:
|
Cable and satellite TV distributors (Pay-TV) have secretly declared war on local TV stations who broadcast television programming for free over the air (Free-TV). Pay-TV has chosen a free market flag as its standard and marched into battles over the obscure regulatory territories of “retransmission consent,” “broadcast exclusivity agreements,” “basic tier,” and “joint sales agreements.”
|
Latest news I heard is that are still up to no good.