ACA Chair Wants Retransmission Rules Modernized

American Cable Association Chairwoman Colleen Abdoulah kicked off ACA’s 19th Washington Summit with a call for modernized retransmission consent rules in addition to action on escalating sports programming costs for ACA members, saying both were needed to deal with the groundswell of concern about the lack of real consumer choice in the selection of video programming. “We all know that the retransmission consent law is out of date. Modernizing this law would demonstrate that Congress is capable of acting on overwhelming evidence that broadcasters are abusing their market power to swell their bottom line,” Abdoulah said.