Sure won’t be easy … but a lot is happening to put the attempt to end retrans blackmail front and center. Just check out this historical list from the (admittedly biased, but accurate) American Television Alliance: Annual totals for retransmission-related blackouts since 2010. This year is already setting significant records. Together, they total 1,149.
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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