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- From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.politics.elections
- Subject: Re: Cable Bill Rip-off
- Message-ID: <1992Oct12.031628.29185@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 12 Oct 92 03:16:28 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct12.031628.29185
- References: <1992Oct6.165315.13389@netcom.com> <Bvq7Dx.HAz@rice.edu> <adams.718479079@spssig>
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- In article <adams.718479079@spssig> adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) writes:
- >1) Cable companies are REQUIRED to carry the network stations
- >
- >2) Cable companies are REQUIRED to pay the networks
- >
- >3) No controls on network charges appear to have been set
-
- I believe that you are confusing two (or possibly three) separate sections
- of the Cable Act. There's a section that covers retransmission of things
- other than local broadcast stations, and another section that covers
- retransmission of local broadcast stations.
-
- --Tim Smith
-