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The goal of the 1992 Act and Retransmission Consent was to ensure local news and weather information was not left out of cable packages available to ...
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Retransmission negotiations are fair and market driven when exercised. The market system has evolved organically since Congress formulated retransmission consent and must-carry in the 1992 Cable Act, when Congress wisely recognized that cable operators derive great value from broadcasters’ signals.
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Retransmission consent provisions in the 1992 Cable Act allow broadcasters to enter into negotiations with cable operators regarding retransmission of their broadcast signal. The 1992 Cable Act requires broadcasters to choose between retransmission consent and must-carry provisions every three years.
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Newscasts as Property: Will Retransmission Consent Stimulate Production of More Local Television News? ... B. The Cable Act of 1992 ... While retransmission consent did not produce immediate cash, it did provide many broadcasters with new opportunities to cash in on their production of local programs.(note 3) Those...
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In passing the 1992 Cable Act, which gave birth to retransmission consent, it was never the intent of Congress to give broadcasters like Sinclair the weapons to flagrantly discriminate against American television viewers, especially those in rural markets.
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The 1992 Cable Act allowed stations to impose "retransmission consent" fees on cable TV and satellite TV retailers. For several years after ; 1992, retailers were successful in refusing to pay these fees. But in the past few years, the stations have been increasingly successful.
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In this paper, I analyze the effects of the retransmission consent and must-carry rule in the Cable Act of 1992 of the United States using a bargaining ...
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WOOD-TV's parent company, Lin Broadcasting, indicated that Cablevision Systems Corporation had failed to fulfill its obligations under the terms of Retransmission Consent as defined in the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. This article considers the causes and consequences of...
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Cable operators and local broadcast television are reviewing their gains as they prepare to renegotiate retransmission consent compensation. The 1992 cable act required cable systems to compensate broadcasters for retransmission, but most operators gave extra channel space instead of paying cash to broadcasters.
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Five cable organizations will argue against must-carry and retransmission consent provisions of the 1992 Cable Act in a US District Court starting Mar 4. The five will allege that the rules violate the First Amendment. ... Must-carry/retransmission rulings will take a month.
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