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FCC Moves To Regulate Cable TV Competition

Posted by kdawson on from the see-your-60-and-raise-you-10 dept.

explosivejared writes "The Federal Communications Commission is likely to impose a new regulation on the largely unregulated cable television industry, the first of what may be more to come. Under a proposed rule circulating at the FCC, cable companies such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable would have to slash the price they charge smaller television programmers to lease access on spare cable channels, a move the FCC says would open up cable viewers to a wider diversity of shows. In addition, the FCC is contemplating a national ownership cap that would prevent one company from having more than 30 percent of all cable subscribers." TechDirt has a jaundiced view of FCC chairman Martin's animus against the cablecos.

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  1. Cripple the industry? by stox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that a euphemism for not raping their customers?

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    "To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
  2. Obligatory Family Guy by Misanthrope · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/174231/family_guy_fcc_song/
    Possibly NSFW

  3. Re:Titties by Tuoqui · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hope you got your fill of titties in cable movies, because the FCC will make all cable TV G-rated. All I have to say to that is...

    Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits
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    09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0
    +2 Troll is Slashdot's way of saying groupthink is confused
  4. In other words... by InvisblePinkUnicorn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Instead of the 3 local televangelist channels and 1 UFO nutjob channel I'm used to, I'm now going to get another dozen or so of the former and a generous helping of the latter.

    Yay!