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NAB Counters Cable Retrans Claims

TVN, Sunday, May 9, 2010 10:37 PM

The National Association of Broadcasters filed a new study with the FCC that it says shows retransmission consent is working just as Congress intended. "The data simply do not support the claim that increases in MVPD [multichannel video programming distributor] rates are caused by rising programming costs in general, or rising retransmission fees in particular," the study says. "To the contrary, programming costs are rising slower than MVPD revenues."

The report also counters cable's claim that service interruptions related to retransmission consent are routine. In fact, it counters, "the average household is far more likely to be without electricity, or to experience a cable system outage, than it is to be unable to watch its favorite broadcast channel via an MVPD as a result of a retransmission dispute."

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