The statute would allow customers to buy TV content on a channel-by-channel or even program-by-program basis.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Cable companies want judge to pause new Maine law requiring à la carte channel choices
Comcast and other cable broadcasters say First Amendment rights to control their offerings are at stake. ‘It would upend the economics of this industry,’ one lawyer says.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Storm exposes flaw in Maine’s cable regulation
Electric utilities and telephone companies are regulated by the PUC, but internet providers are not – so they don’t have to say who’s out of service or when service will be restored.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Cable company may pull plug on local NBC station, but negotiations go on
Spectrum and WCSH’s parent company extended negotiations into early Saturday morning.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
With talks stalled, NBC shows could soon drop from Spectrum’s cable lineup
News Center Maine is notifying viewers that a temporary extension will keep its stations on the air while negotiations over cable fees continue.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-Eds, Opinion
Will new law save community TV from ‘the nosebleed section’?
The legislative battle is over, but the war over channel assignments for Spectrum’s public-access channels likely will go on.