Released: November 12, 2007

FCC might lower cable program costs

Source: Frank Ahrens, Washington Post (Free Registration)

The Federal Communications Commission is likely to impose a new regulation on the largely unregulated cable television industry, the first of what may be more to come.

Under a proposed rule circulating at the FCC, cable companies such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable would have to slash the price they charge smaller television programmers to lease access on spare cable channels, a move the FCC says would open up cable viewers to a wider diversity of shows.

In addition, the FCC is contemplating a national ownership cap that would prevent one company from having more than 30 percent of all cable subscribers. 

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