Rep Guthrie still wants action on the 1992 Cable Act

Reprising a position stated in 2025, House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) said he's interested in pursuing potential updates to the 1992 Cable Act amid continued market influence from "Big Tech," video streaming services and other factors that have altered the competitive landscape for cable operators. It's not clear what changes he precisely has in mind—including whether it would be repealed or amended in some way—but Guthrie said alterations to the Act are needed. "The competitors have changed," Rep Guthrie said at the ACA Connects Summit in Washington, DC. "You're not isolated in your communities," he said to a group of independent cable operators. Other types of service providers, including streaming services, "are not bound by the same rules you're governed by," he said. "The people you're competing with have a different set of rules, and it's not fair."