[opendtv] Polka Warns FCC of More Online Blocking | Broadcasting & Cable
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 07:05:38 -0400
Net neutrality?
So who is blocking in this case Bert?
Regards
Craig
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/polka-warns-fcc-more-online-blocking/130950
Polka Warns FCC of More Online Blocking
American Cable Association president Matt Polka warned the FCC this week that
the number of cable operators whose subs would be blocked from viewing Viacom
sites would likely be growing.
Viacom has blocked access to its content over the Internet to subs of Cable ONE
and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico after the two sides failed to come to
terms on new video carriage deals.
But in a call to Gigi Sohn, special counsel to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, Polka
said that since dozens of his members—small and midsized cable operators—also
did not renew carriage deals with Viacom, he expected that the number of
affected systems would likely grow.
Viacom has signaled that if its nets are dropped, net access will clearly be
affected.
ACA complains that Viacom's moves are a threat to Internet openness, while
Viacom says that since the cable ops have decided not to provide Viacom
programming to their subs, it will no longer be available to them "in any form."
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