FCC's Martin Aims Parting Shot at Cable Industry

Broadcasting & Cable, January 20, 2009
By John Eggerton

Kevin Martin closed his chairmanship of the FCC with hundreds of thousands of dollars in proposed fines against cable operators for failing to provide sufficient information to the commission in its investigation of the migration of channels from analog to digital, changing rates without sufficient notice, and more.

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