[mythtv-users] Cable Programmers versus the FCC

[R. G. Newbury]

For US (and Canadian) myth users, The Blog of the Legal Times (*BLT*) 
reports on a scrap between cable channel progam providers and the FCC 
regarding carriage rules.... which impact what *we* receive over cable.

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/09/cable-programme.html



"... Cable operators must either go all-digital or provide the digital 
and analog version of the same channel to ensure that 40 million 
analog-service subscribers still have access to so-called must-carry 
stations. Carrying two versions of the same channel takes up valuable 
space, the petitioners say, and could force some carriers to dump 
programmers or to restrict the ability of programmers to expand 
services......"

No answers provided, but I think the writing is on the wall. Unless the 
FCC mandates dual carriage, the cablecos will move to digital *and 
encrypted* only.... and all for an increased monthly fee of $????


As Glenn Reynolds says:  RTWT.
Then write the FCC. At least it seems to listen to the taxpayer, unlike 
the CRTC.

Geoff