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FCC Moves To Regulate Cable TV Competition
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.
Can the site authors please check for dupes? This was just posted:
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Hope you got your fill of titties in cable movies, because the FCC will make all cable TV G-rated.
... The "invisible hand" of the unregulated free market should be classified with the flying spaghetti monster.
Government provided healthcare is, on average, less expensive and more effective than private health care. The jury is still out on efficiency, but you don't see Canadians waiting 5 hours to get treatment in an emergency room.
Americans pay more taxes per capita to insure 30% of our population than most countries with nationalized healthcare pay to insure 100% of their population. American healthcare has introduced layers of bureaucracy that are specifically designed to deny people care.
The profit motive is not a panacea. It's great in most circumstances, but sometimes it makes for a massive mess, especially when you get into a situation when a few huge companies control an entire market. This "vote with your dollars" thing only works if your choice is better than a douchebag or a turd sandwich.
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