The cost of multicasting: MSOs, nets dread FCC carriage order on DTV signals.(FCC rules could hurt the Biography Channel)
Multichannel News, December, 2003 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON -- The Biography Channel is currently seen in about 25 million pay-TV homes. Whether the channel can double or triple distribution in coming years could depend on the outcome of a raging policy battle in the nation's capital. Biography wants to become another The History Channel, but new Federal Communications Commission rules could mean the diginet will become mere history.
The contest involves a clash between cable and broadcasting over the carriage of digital TV signals. The FCC is expected to role in December, very likely to be followed by years of litigation, with the U.S. Supreme Court the final stop. At issue is whether the nation's 1,730 TV stations may demand cable carriage of more than one programming service after...
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