Cable Providers Plan Family Tier

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WASHINGTON Operators reaching roughly half the nation’s cable customers will offer a family-friendly programming tier beginning early next year, a top cable official told a congressional hearing on indecency today.

Kyle McSlarrow, president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Associaton, said companies that would offer the tier include Comcast, Time Warner, Advance Newhouse Communications, Insight and Midcontinent Media. The tiers are to begin early next year, following negotiations between each cable operator and its programmers, McSlarrow said.

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