Dispute between Broadcasters and Cable and Pay-Television Providers
The already existing dispute betweenbroadcasters and cable and pay-television providers over whether TV station owners can yank their channels during periodic fee disputes was further investigated by the Federal CommunicationsCommission, this Friday.
The reviews of the general public were sought after by the FCC about whether it should think about retransmission consent rules to avert fee disputes from ensuing blackouts of popular channels.
The agency is only considering the ideas and is in no mood to change the rules. Some of the pay-TV operators including Dish Network, Time WarnerCable Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., and Charter Communications, who asked FCC to change its rules for negotiating the disputes. More broadcastersare seeking higher fees for their signals. They should be prevented by the regulators from pulling their channels when the negotiation is going on.
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2009 Los Angeles Auto Show
If the North American auto show season has an official kickoff party, the Los Angeles Auto Show is it. In addition to world debuts of the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, 2011 Toyota Sienna and VW Up! Lite Concept, the 2009 LA Auto Show again played host to the Green Car of the Year announcement, which went to a diesel car for the second year in a row. The LA Auto Show is also a first chance to see and touch the cars unveiled around the world in the eight months since the New York Auto Show, which this year included jaw-droppers like the 2011 Lexus LFA and 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
