ACA Renews Call for Retrans Reform

With SNL Kagan estimating that retrans fees -- the fees cable operators pay some TV station owners to carry their signals -- will jump to $1.2 billion by 2011, the American Cable Association, which represents smaller cable operators, is calling for reform. "Congress must fix a broken retransmission consent process by preventing broadcasters from unjustifiably discriminating against consumers served by cable operators with a small number of subscribers in a local TV market," said ACA president Matthew Polka.