Tussle over tiering in Conn.: Cox's 'Digital Gateway' buy-through puts NCTA, Starz Encore Group at odds.(Policy)(Enfield Cable Advisory Council)(Cox Communications Inc)(National Cable & Telecommunications Association)
Multichannel News, May, 2004 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON -- It could be the oddest couple since Felix and Oscar: Starz Encore Group and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on the same side of a regulatory spat sparked by a rate complaint filed against Cox Communications Inc. At issue is Cox's decision to force new customers to purchase a $3.95 Digital Gateway each month if they intend to order pay TV networks Home Box Office, Showtime and Starz Encore, or to view the pay-per-view fare cycling through the system that month.
The Digital Gateway is not a tier of video programming. Rather, it's an electronic-access service that includes an interactive program guide (IPG) and the 45-channel, digital-quality Music Choice service. ENFIELD COMPLAINT Last fall, the controversy...
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