NAB Says Retransmission Process Works

The National Association of Broadcasters has added its praise to that of FCC officials and legislators for the retrans agreements between Fox and Time Warner Cable, as well as between Fisher and Bright House. "Thousands of retransmission consent agreements have been successfully negotiated between broadcasters and our pay television distribution partners since Congress passed the 1992 Cable Act acknowledging the value of broadcast programming," said NAB President Gordon Smith in a statement Tuesday regarding the deals struck last week. "These recent announcements validate our long-standing position that the marketplace is indeed working, and we salute Fox, Fisher and our friends in the cable industry for their commitment to this fair, market-based process."