[opendtv] Kerry Sends Draft Consumer Protection Legislation to FCC
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: undisclosed-recipient:;
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:06:41 -0400
Kerry Sends Draft Consumer Protection Legislation to FCC
Offers Language to Reform Broken System, Protect Consumers During
Broadcast Disputes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the
Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the
Internet, today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski with draft legislation to protect
consumers during disputes between broadcasters and cable providers
that sometimes lead to televisions going dark and often threaten to
disrupt service.
For years, Kerry has urged both broadcasters and cable providers to
keep TV signals up during their contract negotiations, but in recent
years, TV blackouts or threats of blackouts during major events such
as the college bowl games and the Oscars have too often been the
result of these retransmission disputes.
...
http://kerry.senate.gov/press/release/?id=84bcc1bf-c9dc-4893-9488-aedf56d8b953
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