Minority Groups Oppose A La Carte

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Sixteen organizations representing minority interests have written the leadership of the House and Senate Commerce Committees opposing any attempt at a la carte cable legislation. "According to overwhelming evidence on the public record," wrote the groups "such 'pay-per-channel' regulations would likely result in price hikes for consumers while decimating minority and other new cable programmers who are now able to air programming focused on African-American and Hispanic audiences."
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