Cable backs public interest rules - for DBS.(satellite television rules requested by cable industry)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1997 by McConnell, Chris

Satellite companies argue theirs is `nascent' risky business After years of opposing regulation of their industry, cable companies last week got a chance to back some possible future rules at the FCC. Responding to the commission's effort to establish DBS public interest obligations, cable companies urged the FCC to impose some of the current cable rules on their satellite competitors.

"[The cable industry] should not be weighed down with regulatory constraints that inhibit growth, while its competitors, offering comparable service, move about the multichannel video market unencumbered," said the National Cable Television Association. The cable group paid particular attention to the prospect of a "local DBS provider" delivering local...

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