The “Pay-TV industry” should be held accountable for...
The “Pay-TV industry” should be held accountable for increasing consumer bills, said a newly formed coalition of broadcasters, broadcasting associations, affiliate groups and broadcasting related organizations, called TVfreedom.org. The group supports rules that would mandate refunds to the subscribers of…
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multichannel video programming distributors for programming black-outs, reduce “unnecessary and questionable fees” on bills, and “protect content providers from the use of their lawful content by others without fair compensation,” a release said. Retransmission consent lets broadcasters provide their communities with “local news, as well as emergency alerts, severe weather updates, public health advisories and details on time-sensitive public safety-related incidents,” said the release. “TVfreedom.org will tell the truth about the state of the video marketplace and call out the Pay-TV industry’s inside-the-beltway gamesmanship designed solely to increase their record profits,” said TVfreedom.org Director-Public Affairs Robert Kenny in the release. Membership in the new organization includes the affiliate associations of ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS, Journal Broadcast Group, TVB, NAB, the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Bounce-TV and others. “Consumers would ultimately benefit from a system where cable and satellite TV providers fairly compensate all channels based on the ratings, popularity and quality of the programming that each channel provides to viewers,” said the new group. TVfreedom.org’s website goes live Tuesday.