Polka to Independents: Deluge Senators on Retrans

POLKA TO INDEPENDENTS: DELUGE SENATORS ON RETRANS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld]
American Cable Association CEO Matthew M. Polka Tuesday morning called for independent operators to call members of the Senate Commerce Committee between now and Thursday to heighten awareness that widespread outages of local TV programming could be at hand and that cable rates could rise dramatically as broadcasters and operators dispute what to pay for the carriage of local TV signals. The committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday on the policies and practices of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has declined to force the Commission to intervene in retransmission disputes.
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