FCC rules designed to protect independent TV networks from anticompetitive behavior by cable companies survived mostly intact today, as a federal appeals court struck down a legal challenge from Time Warner Cable and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. The rules have been in place since 1992 (revised in 2011) and allow networks to complain to the FCC if they believe they’ve been unfairly discriminated against or dropped by pay TV providers that have a financial interest in competing programming. Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter mention Bloomberg and the Tennis Channel as networks that have complained about being placed in premium tiers so that they don’t compete directly with the distributors’ own stations.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4696828/court-strikes-down-time-warners-free-speech-challenge-to-fcc-regulations
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