MAP Pleased with Cable Leased Access Reforms, Disappointed 70/70 Finding Not Resolved
Posted: Wednesday November 28, 2007
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO, and Harold Feld, Senior Vice President of Media Access Project, issued the following statement regarding the FCC’s decision on cable leased access and “70/70:”
“At the end of the day, literally and figuratively, the cable industry’s mighty lobbying machine could not entirely stop Chairman Martin’s commendable effort to introduce competition to the pay-TV industry. The new leased access rules offer the hope of vastly increased diversity in cable programming sources. And, since it has long argued that the FCC should collect its own data rather than relying on private sources, MAP could hardly quarrel with the FCC’s long over due determination to do just that. However, MAP believes that even the existing data strongly support a “70/70” finding, and there is no need to await further data collection before making that declaration.”
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