NCTA Fuzzy on Family-Tier Details

[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
"I can't sit here and tell you exactly what it looks like," National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow said of proposed family tier programming on cable, adding that he wanted Congress to give the industry time to adopt a plan. McSlarrow said cable operators that want to offer a family tier still have "very serious negotiations" with programmers ahead. A family tier could siphon subscribers from expanded basic, causing some channels to lose license-fee and advertising revenue. Creation of a family tier "has to be a decision that's done in conjunction with programmers," McSlarrow said. The Parents Television Council, which has blasted sex and violence on cable, said the family tier was doomed to fail and that cable needed to sell every channel individually, not solely in tiers.
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