[mythtv-users] Damn you Time Warner

[Steven Adeff]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:51 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>  >  Read 47 CFR 76  It's your usual dense hard to read regulatory bumf. but
>  >  TW is required by law to carry locally receiveable OTA channels
>  >  (must-carry channels) in the clear, without encryption.
>
>  Do you know if that includes stations that the cable company hasn't
>  carried in the past, but have started to? e.g. independent stations.
>
>  Or put another way, are they *required* to carry ALL OTA stations?

§ 76.54 Significantly viewed signals;
method to be followed for special
showings.
(a) Signals that are significantly
viewed in a county (and thus are
deemed to be significantly viewed
within all communities within the
county) are those that are listed in Appendix
A of the memorandum opinion
and order on reconsideration of the
Cable Television Report and Order
(Docket 18397 et al.), FCC 72–530.

it then goes on to say the following:
- A cable system with more than 12
usable activated channels ...shall carry
local commercial television stations up
to one-third of the aggregate number
of usable activated channels of such
system.
=so they only have to carry up to a certain number of local stations...

Appendix A as noted shows all stations they *must* carry up to their
obligated number of stations to carry. If they have extra channels,
depending on their size they must also carry a certain number of other
local stations that may be low power.(this is where the public access
thing comes in to play)

so no they are not required to carry ALL OTA stations. certain ones
they have to, others they can under their discretion, as long as they
meet the requirements the FCC has layed out for them.


-- 
Steve
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