American Cable Association

American Cable Association Says IP Cable Services Not Distributed Over The Internet Are Already Covered By Existing FCC Closed Captioning Rules

Six weeks are a long time for consumers to be disconnected from what broadcasters, like LIN TV, call ‘free TV.’ LIN TV just proved that retransmission consent harms consumers. The retransmission consent rules need to be updated very soon

The American Cable Association called for creation of voluntary network outage reporting rules in lieu of mandates by the Federal Communications Commission, in response to concerns the FCC lacks authority to impose such requirements on broadband

The FCC Chairman’s plan locks in a sole-source contract worth billions of dollars for over 10 years to a handful of incumbent large telecom companies to deploy broadband at maximum speeds that are below average.

"The notion that retransmission consent negotiations take place in a free market is a figment of NAB's fertile imagination," American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka says.

The American Cable Association called on the Federal Communications Commission to take firm action against public and private entities that impede broadband deployment by demanding excessive fees to access rights of way.

Contact: Ted Hearn (202) 713-0826 or thearn@americancable.org

The American Cable Association applauded the Federal Communications Commission for postponing until June 30, 2012 the deadline for cable operator compliance with the Emergency Alert System's (EAS) new Common Alert Protocol (CAP) technology.

Access to competitively significant regional sports networks on fair terms is essential to the promotion of robust competition among multichannel video programming distributors, American Cable Association says

The American Cable Association says the pay-TV business model is broken because ESPN forces pay-TV providers to carry the expensive channel on the most basic programming tier, with no opt-out option for non-sports fans