Time for More Access
Multichannel News, July 9, 2009
By Kent Gibbons
Cablevision's refusal to sell the HD versions of its regional sports networks in New York to Verizon could be an issue that seals the case for eliminating the loophole that lets cable companies withhold some of its programming to competitors, avoiding program-access rules established by Congress that helped make satellite TV and telco TV businesses possible.
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