FCC: Cable Nets Can't Fight Dual Carriage Rule

The six cable networks that have mounted a judicial challenge to a new federal rule on the carriage of some digital TV stations have no legal standing to attack the rule in federal court, according to the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC said the cable networks shouldn't be allowed to pursue their court claims because the DTV carriage rule applied just to cable operators and has a built-in incentive that would actually benefit cable networks looking for distribution from capacity-constrained cable systems.
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