Don Moore wrote:
Have you ever thought about "What If Cable Decides NOT to pay?" Right now as content providers look for the best deal for distribution, the broadcasters are getting locked out more often now. Off-NetworkSyndication is going to cable for first run, while the broadcasters are leftwith the scraps or second runs.
If Congress is truly interested in retaining a FOTA TV system in the US, as it claims it is and as many other governments also claim to be, then they will probably want to revisit that national cap rule. My bet is that the national cap will keep edging up, making it more desirable for content creators to keep the FOTA medium in existence. I think this will be one of those knobs that is constantly adjusted.
There's no Must Carry for digital once the analog stream is shut down.
I don't think this is the case, necessarily. Aren't they debating a multicast must-carry after analog shutdown?
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