The municipal cable company in Wadsworth, Ohio, is “wary of...
The municipal cable company in Wadsworth, Ohio, is “wary of any negative repercussions” from an FCC order, officials said. Public Service Director John Easton and Wadsworth Cable TV Commission Chairman Bob Parmelee sent a Nov. 1 letter -- released Tuesday…
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by the American Cable Association, which said the municipal provider is an ACA member -- to the FCC’s five members expressing their concerns. The officials worried about the FCC’s order last month ending a ban on exclusive deals for channels distributed by satellite and owned by cable companies from being withheld from pay-TV rivals (CD Oct 9 p1). That comes as there’s “relatively few” companies that own cable-TV entertainment, the officials said: There’s an “anxiety of cable disputes” in Wadsworth, which may cause customers to lose channels. Wadsworth cable customers have a “higher potential” of being denied programming under these new rules, the letter said. It was posted Tuesday in FCC docket 12-68 (http://xrl.us/bnyb2e).