ACA Seeks FCC Help in Lifetime Dispute

The American Cable Association complained to the Federal Communications Commission about the breakdown of carriage negotiations between Lifetime Networks and a CableCom system in the small town of Willsboro (NY). In a letter to FCC chairman Kevin Martin, the ACA, which represents smaller cable operators, said Lifetime owners Hearst and Disney pulled the channel from the system May 12 after the operator would not move its Lifetime Movie Network from a digital to an analog basic tier.
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