FCC's dial tone authority doubted. (plan to allow telephone companies to transport video signals on common carrier basis without cable franchise)
Multichannel News, December, 1991 by Aversa, Jeannine
FCC's Dial Tone Authority Doubted WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission is risking legal action if it tries to use simple rule changes to push through its so-called video dial tone plan, cable attorneys said. The FCC said the video dial tone plan, which would permit telephone companies to transport video signals on a common carrier basis without a cable franchise, is within the bounds of existing law and would only require changes in FCC rules, including some that some cable attorneys believe were codified by Congress in the 1984 Cable Act.
One of the things the FCC is seeking to do is amend its affiliate rules, which bar any financial or business relationship between telephone companies and video programmers whatsoever by contract or...
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