NCTA Statement on A La Carte

[SOURCE: National Cable & Telecommunications Association, AUTHOR: Kyle McSlarrow]
"We can't comment on any new FCC a la carte report until it’s released and we've had a chance to review it, but previous and recent analyses were consistent in their findings that government pay-per-channel regulation would be likely to hurt consumers by increasing prices, decreasing choice and reducing diversity in programming, and it would do so in a way that violates the First Amendment. In addition, mandatory a la carte would be potentially very troublesome for our goal of universal deployment of broadband services. Such a massive government intrusion into how a broadband service like video is marketed, offered, and priced would undoubtedly chill the needed innovation and investment necessary to build out capital intensive networks that rely on the marketplace to determine the most economically effective way to provide a return on investment."
http://www.ncta.com/press/press.cfm?PRid=646&showArticles=ok

* The Pitfalls of A La Carte
[SOURCE: National Cable & Telecommunications Association Issue Brief]
http://www.ncta.com/issues/alacarte/