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FCC Call For Comments on a la Carte Cable

Posted by timothy on from the high-level-meddling dept.

The Importance of writes "A couple of weeks ago, Slashdot readers commented on the possibility of a la carte cable pricing. Now the FCC is officially seeking comments [PDF] on the issue. One commentator thinks bundling between content producers and the cable companies is more important than bundling between cable company and consumer."

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  1. Re:If the FCC is doing this... by will_die · · Score: 3, Informative

    That is the same argument the cable companies are using against this idea.
    I tend to agree unless it is written so that it make it so that all channels have access to all areas, so that a place that does not currently get the sci-fi or the food network can now get them. This solves the problem of smaller channels getting a market.
    Then you just have to solve he problem cost, that is a different story unless you implement price fixing.
    Overall I think anything at the federal level on this will fail, however it may force local governments which provide the monopoly to think and branch out.