Micromanaging cable
Kevin J. Martin, politically-savvy and a highly effective chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has a strong free-market orientation. So why would the New York Times report that the FCC may be on the verge of enacting new regulation which would: Force the largest cable networks to be offered to the rivals of the big cable companies on an individual, rather than packaged, basis; Make it easier for independent programmers, which are often small operations, to lease access to cable channels; and Set a cap on the size of the nation’s largest cable companies so that no company could control more than 30 percent of the market? Martin believes “[i]t is important that we continue to do all we can Read More ›