Affiliates Say FCC Has Multicast Muscle

AFFILIATES SAY FCC HAS MULTICAST MUSCLE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
CBS, NBC and ABC affiliate TV associations have filed comments with the FCC arguing the Commission should rule that cable operators that do not carry all of a broadcasters' free digital channels is illegally "degrading" the broadcast signal in violation of the 1992 must-carry law because it is "stripping of broadcasters free multicast signals." The groups sent a letter to key House and Senate leaders Thursday informing them of the filing and insisting that "there can be no question that it is within the FCC's authority to implement the congressionally-established non-degradation principle."
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