Two separate pieces of legislation were introduced in Congress on Thursday that would upend retransmission consent negotiations, which have stirred lawmakers after consumers have found broadcast ...

Take one look at the recent quarterly earnings statements for the nation’s biggest broadcast TV companies, and one thing is certain: retransmission fees have become a major revenue source. Is that a ...

As cable television fees continue to rise in a tight economy, many viewers are “cutting the cord” to services costing over $60 per month in lieu of free television over the Internet. Yet, as ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON: The call to reform retransmission consent has been heeded. The Federal Communications ...

In his Nov. 22 guest column on the Congress Blog, former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell defends the current “retransmission consent” system as indicative of a healthy free marketplace. All signs ...

There is very little the FCC can do when it comes to retransmission consent negotiations between broadcasters and MVPDs other then perform the somewhat nebulous task of ensuring that the parties are ...

Retransmission disputes between broadcasters and cable operators have become increasingly public in recent years. Late last year, one such dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable led to a month-long ...

CBS and NBC TV affiliates told federal lawmakers Friday that regulations permitting broadcasters to charge cable and satellite TV operators for retransmitting broadcast shows are in the public’s ...

Get off your duff and do something. That’s the message from Mediacom Chairman Rocco Commisso in a letter to Federal Communications Commissioner Julius Genachowski. Commisso writes that he expected the ...