Copps Mulling Wholesale A La Carte Mandates

COPPS MULLING WHOLESALE A LA CARTE MANDATES
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps said Tuesday he was still debating whether to force cable programmers to wholesale channels on an individual basis to cable and satellite TV operators. Commissioner Copps’s tentative approach for now could be encouraging to cable because he has been an eager participant in Martin’s extensive anti-cable agenda. Commissioner Copps indicated that he was sympathetic toward the American Cable Association’s concern that large program providers effectively force pay-TV distributors to license more channels than they want to buy, with carriage of cable channels tied to permission to carry local TV stations.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6526763.html?nid=4262

* FCC’s Copps Still Undecided on Mandatory Wholesale a la Carte
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