Keywords
FCC, cable, regulations, competitive bidding, television, programming
Abstract
Article examines the Federal Communications Commission’s 1975 decision to prohibit cablecasters from showing certain types of programming, on the rationale that pay cablevision, through successful competitive bidding, would ‘siphon’ this programming away from broadcast television and deprive the general public of popular programming. Article discusses the history behind the decision, the court of appeals’ treatment of the FCC rules and the decision’s possible effect on future pay cable regulations
Recommended Citation
Jo Ann Becker,
Unleashing Cable T.V., Leashing the FCC: Constitutional Limitations on Government Regulation of Pay Television,
6 Fordham Urb. L.J. 646
(1978).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol6/iss3/10