John McCain Writes to FCC Urging a la Carte Cable

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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) continued his campaign against pay-channel bundling, penning a letter to acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn pushing for the option to purchase individual pay channels.

Sen McCain, who last month introduced legislation on the matter, said forcing consumers to buy channels they're not interested in is wrong and that "action should be taken." The legislation, dubbed the Television Consumer Freedom Act, would incentivize distributors to offer individual channel purchasing options and would still allow for programming tiers, Sen McCain said in the letter, published on his government web site. "If the MVPDs [multichannel video programming distributors, aka, cable and satellite providers] are right, and the current tiered programming model is the best value for consumers, then the programmers who bundle their television channels and the MVPDs that offer tiers to consumers should not be afraid of an a la carte option for consumers."


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