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Broadband Providers Seek Protection From TV Programmers
- The Washington Post, Tuesday, April 7, 2015 5:09 PM
Cable lobbyists say in a new Federal Communications Commission filing that Internet service providers need protection from online video companies, the Washington Post reports. The cable companies are warning that TV blackouts could become Web blackouts, as networks start offering more material online and “using a cable company's own video-hungry Internet subscribers as point of leverage in fee negotiations,” the Post says.
