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ACA Renews Call for Retrans Reform

Using a newly-released retransmission consent study by SNL Kagan

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/6/2009 5:35:28 PM

The American Cable Association is using a newly-released retransmission consent study by SNL Kagan to renew its call for retrans reform.

Kagan last week projected that retrans fees--the fees cable operators pay some TV station owners to carry their signals--will jump to $1.2 billion by 2011.

ACA issued its own study several weeks back about the disproportionate hit smaller operators are taking from what it says are excessive retrans fee hikes and broadcasters say are fair value for valuable programming.

ACA submitted the study in comments to the FCC on the state of competition.

"Congress must fix a broken retransmission consent process by preventing broadcasters from unjustifiably discriminating against consumers served by cable operators with a small number of subscribers in a local TV market," said ACA president Matthew Polka.

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• It's not simply unjust - retrans in its present form is criminal! Taxpayers beware - we are being double taxed by broadcasters. As their programming becomes less appealing and viewership continues to decline it is us that will continue to fill the coffers of a business that has been mismanaged and is failing. Broadcasters were GIVEN the spectrum of air to broadcast signals FREE by us - the taxpayer - and those of us that subscribe to cable TV (70% of the country) pay again - every month - upwards of $1 per channel - Comcast and Time Warner customers not as much. The simple fact is no one should pay! Citizens - contact your representatives in Washington and demand free TV be FREE!

  
  Quigley Spargus - 7/8/2009 8:12:34 AM EDT
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