ACA, NCTC Team To Back FCC Programming Inquiry

The American Cable Association and National Cable Television Cooperative, long allied in the push to get the Federal Communications Commission to address issues like package deal programming negotiations, are ready for the agency to start drilling down on the issue. The commission recently voted to launch, at the request of FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn, an inquiry into access by traditional and online programming to distribution platforms.
"With the release of the FCC's Notice of Inquiry, the programmers behind these unfortunate market trends will finally come under the close scrutiny they so clearly deserve," said Matt Polka, president of the American Cable Association, in a jointly released statement.