Time Warner Cable internet customers are smarting from CBS' decision to block them from viewing shows online, but they have at least one supporter in Congress. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has written to acting FCC chair Mignon Clyburn, asking her agency to investigate the blackout. The letter, published in full at the LA Times, urges the FCC to help broker a deal between the two companies, which have been feuding over the cost of carrying CBS channels. "I encourage both parties to remain engaged in good faith negotiations," he writes, "and I also request that the Commission take action to bring the parties together so these negotiations can be concluded in an equitable and expeditious manner."
Markey says he's not taking a side in the...
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