Rural Media Group’s RFD-TV will face challenges as a...
Rural Media Group’s RFD-TV will face challenges as a rural independent programmer in gaining and maintaining carriage on Comcast’s cable systems if Comcast buys Time Warner Cable, it said. As a result of Comcast’s expansion and consolidation, RFD-TV in Omaha,…
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Nebraska, will be blocked from more than one-third of the total TV universe, RMG said in an ex parte filing posted Monday to FCC docket 11-131 (http://bit.ly/1loNu7v). The network’s programming aimed at people ages 50 and over will be denied the opportunity to compete with Comcast’s Retirement Living TV, it said. RFD-TV, with programming focused mainly on agribusiness, will be prevented from presenting “a different perspective against urban based news organizations,” it said. The filing recounts meetings with Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Mike O'Rielly, staff from the offices of Commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel, and other FCC staff.