Congress Might Want to Tackle Cable TV LFA Issues, CRS Says
If Congress legislatively tackles contentious issues raised in the FCC's cable TV local franchise authority order (see 1908010011), it might want to address how Cable Act Section 622 defines franchise fees and whether that includes cable-related in-kind expenses such as…
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public, educational and governmental channels, reported the Congressional Research Service Friday. Lawmakers could look at whether the act pre-empts state and local governments from regulating non-cable service provided by cable operators, plus the federalism implications, CRS said: Legislators could avoid anti-commandeering issues of direct orders to states by setting federal standards for regulation of ancillary non-cable services instead of prohibiting such state regulation.