Lawmakers Hope to Turn Off the Dark

Senate Commerce committee hearing to assess impact of the Cable Act

This week’s Senate Commerce committee hearing on the Cable Act—the law often blamed for blackouts on cable and satellite TV—may not be the clash of the titans, but it will be close.

On hand Tuesday (July 24) to testify will be representatives from the same crowd that brought the debate to a fever pitch last week: Viacom and DirecTV; Hearst Television and Time Warner Cable; and AMC and Dish Network.

The high-profile disputes, coupled with fierce lobbying over the last couple of years, has led lawmakers to conclude it may be time to update the nation’s communications laws.

“We can’t look to the future of video without evaluating the Cable Act’s impact on the modern television marketplace,” said Sen.

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