Today, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced the TRUE Fees Act to ensure that pay TV, cellular service, and broadband providers include “below-the-line” fee items in their advertised price for service.
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This recent story (paywalled) about the financial challenges YouTube TV and other “virtual cable” providers face is a good illustration of some points we’ve been making at Public Knowledge for a while. As the story notes, “these streaming services have yet to figure out how to make money. In fact, the more people they sign up, the more money they lose. That’s because the services are paying more for programming than what they’re charging consumers.”
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Cable costs are out of control. Over the last six years, consumers’ cable bills have increased by a whopping 40 percent.
Read MoreToday, The Sports Fan Coalition announced Locast, a new service that retransmits local broadcast programming over the internet to viewers in New York.
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Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify or eliminate the 39 percent national audience reach cap that prevents broadcast stations from owning too much of the market. The NPRM will also seek comment on the UHF discount used by broadcast television station groups to calculate compliance with the audience reach cap.
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Today we joined 20 groups in a letter to @FCC Chairman @AjitPaiFCC urging him to preserve existing Citizens Band Ra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@lauramoy @GeorgetownCPT Correction: Laura Moy is the Executive Director of @GeorgetownCPT!
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