There’s still plenty of fallout and finger pointing following the 16-day retransmission standoff between Fox and Cablevision that left 3 million Cablevision subscribers without Fox programming, including some of the World Series.
As promised, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation officially confirmed today it would hold hearings on retransmission consent next week, on Nov. 17.
“Media interests have every right to play hardball and negotiate hard-nosed agreements. That’s the marketplace. But I believe it’s incumbent upon those of us in public policy to see if there’s a way to help protect consumers in the crossfire as collateral damage,” said Sen.
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