McSlarrow Fires Back at FCC's Martin

MCSLARROW FIRES BACK AT FCC'S MARTIN
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Responding to cable-hostile regulatory stances of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow said Tuesday that government intervention in the video-programming market -- including a la carte mandates Chairman Martin wants -- is unnecessary because the pay TV market is a hotly competitive business. "If one assumes that the video marketplace is one of intense competition, then the only sensible policy outcome is one where the government gets out of the way and lets the free market flourish," McSlarrow said in a Cable Show ‘07 speech here. "I think that marketplace is competitive and every cable operator knows that [it is] in a competitive firefight with satellite distributors and, now, telephone companies."
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