The National Association of Broadcasters says … and says … and says that the current retransmission consent process is just peachy. (Try Googling “NAB statement on retrans” and you’ll get 16,700+ results.) Don’t listen to the MVPDs whining about fees, the public-airwave squatters say. Heck, MVPDs are just going to manufacture crises to sway the FCC and Congress.
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In a 50-plus year career writing and reporting on media, MediaVillage columnist Paul S. Maxwell started and/or ran some 45-plus publications ranging from CATV Newsweekly to Colorado magazine to CableVision to Multichannel News to CableFAX and The BRIDGE Suit… read more