The National Association of Broadcasters said the Supreme Court move validates its long-standing assertion that must-carry rules protect the public's access to niche broadcast programing. In the past, broadcasters have let cable companies carry those signals for free, but as advertising rates fell, they have pushed for retrans revenue. The 1992 "must-carry" law required cable operators to devote as much as one-third of their channels to local private and public broadcast stations.
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