The FCC shouldn’t force Time Warner Cable to carry Smith...
The FCC shouldn’t force Time Warner Cable to carry Smith Media’s KEY-TV Santa Barbara, Calif., on its cable systems in Ojai, Oxnard, Santa Paula and Ventura, the cable operator said in an answer and opposition to the broadcaster’s must-carry complaint…
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(http://xrl.us/bnieua). “Smith is not entitled to invoke must-carry rights on behalf of KEYT because the station elected retransmission consent for the current election cycle in November 2010.” The operator already carries the station’s standard-definition signal and is in discussions with the broadcaster to extend that deal and provide for carriage of its HD signal, Time Warner Cable said. “Smith’s complaint is little more than an attempt to and-run those negotiations and secure HD carriage by regulatory fiat."