http://www.multichannel.com/news/policy/sources-sen-commerce-floats-retrans-remake/383056
http://multichannel.com/news/policy/sen-commerce-meeting-nab-ncta-over-stela/383054
Under a proposal reportedly being floated to broadcast and cable execs at a meeting requested by the Senate Commerce Committee Friday, cable subs would be the ones deciding whether they wanted to pay the per-sub fee charged by TV stations, and could choose which TV stations they wanted to have in their cable package.
The goal is to end blackouts and the pitched battle between MVPDS and broadcasters over retrans, and is being discussed in relation to reauthorizing of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which the committee is preparing to take up in earnest next month.
The proposal, which was being billed as "Local Choice," would essentially end retrans negotiations between cable, satellite and broadcasters for local station carriage, with cable operators essentially acting as collecting agents for the TV station payments made by subs to broadcasters.
http://multichannel.com/news/policy/sen-commerce-meeting-nab-ncta-over-stela/383054
Under a proposal reportedly being floated to broadcast and cable execs at a meeting requested by the Senate Commerce Committee Friday, cable subs would be the ones deciding whether they wanted to pay the per-sub fee charged by TV stations, and could choose which TV stations they wanted to have in their cable package.
The goal is to end blackouts and the pitched battle between MVPDS and broadcasters over retrans, and is being discussed in relation to reauthorizing of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which the committee is preparing to take up in earnest next month.
The proposal, which was being billed as "Local Choice," would essentially end retrans negotiations between cable, satellite and broadcasters for local station carriage, with cable operators essentially acting as collecting agents for the TV station payments made by subs to broadcasters.