Sweeping Retransmission Reform Unlikely: McSlarrow, Lake

National Cable & Telecommunications Association CEO Kyle McSlarrow and Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau chief Bill Lake, speaking separately at the SNL Kagan Cable MSO Summit said cable operators shouldn't expect any meaningful changes to retransmission-consent regulations in the near term. Despite the hype surrounding retransmission, the FCC just doesn't have the power to change the law.