The retransmission dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable (CD...
The retransmission dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable (CD Sept 4 p2) presented one of the most “politically-appealing invitations for the government to second guess the path of a free market retrans negotiation,” a broadcast attorney said. And “the…
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government declined to do so,” wrote Scott Flick of Pillsbury Winthrop in a blog post Wednesday (http://bit.ly/14GnEmy). Having seen the government’s lack of enthusiasm for getting involved, “parties to retrans negotiations will hopefully be able to retire ’threatening to involve the government’ as a negotiating tactic,” he said. While blackouts will inevitably still happen from time to time, the legacy of this dispute is that “it should no longer happen because one party thinks that if it delays enough, or causes enough of a public stir over a retrans dispute, the FCC will come to its rescue,” he said: “The result will be better for all, including subscribers."