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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 14, 2012

FCC will let TV 'viewability' rule expire

The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it plans to eliminate a rule intended to ensure that old-fashioned analog cable TV subscribers didn't lose access to local over-the-air broadcast stations.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it plans to eliminate a rule intended to ensure that old-fashioned analog cable TV subscribers didn't lose access to local over-the-air broadcast stations after the national transition to digital TV in 2009. As a result, cable operators will be free to charge millions of analog TV customers for set-top boxes if they wish to continue receiving digital broadcast...

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