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 _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
