CBS raises banner on retransmission. (cable carriage of network stations)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1993 by McClellan, Steve

Kriegel warns MSO's against obstructionist tactics; declines to detail ongoing talks CBS last week joined NBC and a growing number of broadcast groups in saying it would forgo must-carry protection and seek compensation from cable operators for the right to carry its seven owned and operated stations.

CBS Senior Vice President Jay Kriegel, in an interview with BROADCASTING & CABLE (see page 21), said CBS is primarily interested in cash for retransmission consent: "If we don't get paid for our signal, and that's what we're committed to, then our signal will not be on the cable." CBS's announcement of plans to go for retransmission consent at its affiliates meeting in New York was a foregone conclusion. The network had led the broadcasting...

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