I don't see state regulation of TV working particualry well. But this could turn intoa pit topic pretty quickly.
DISH and Sinclair extend contract talks (Update 8/25 Stations Removed)
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It just WON'T. And they (states) won't even consider mucking up their agendas now that Big Brother FCC has established a new precedent..for now.
I did. They won't give two craps about nothing, until it affects their people and they risk getting voted out without doing something. That's why it might work better, smaller agencies with control over just the area that affects them. What's good in Washington is not what is good in AZ which is not good in NC. And Geronimo. I know they will cut any corner they can and call it whatever they want, but it is still more "locally" grown than say shelved produce that is shipped cross country. Let's be upfront and we both acknowledge the fact that they will short change and screw over anyone they can to make a buck but that is not a conversation for here. My point is just simply that more Federal involvement rarely has any positive effects, and what's even worse is we are talking about actual locals which should be regulated on a local level. This may be the right in me, or the extreme disdain I already have for the FCC or any other non elected law making agency... I don't know, but that is my peace.
Why are you bad-mouthing the FCC all of a sudden? They were the poster child for "regulatory capture" until Wheeler started doing something to help out consumers. Did he not in this case? Seems so.
Glad to see the channels are back. The FCC may have cattle prodded Sinclair.
The Fall of 2008 doesn't come to mind?
I have always bad mouthed the FCC. I will admit that I appreciate what Wheeler did here, but this one act isn't enough to change years of disdain for the agency.
It certainly comes to mind but for much grander issues than broadcasters transmission spats.
One act? OK. How about real, genuine, net neutrality? That was a breath of fresh air.
That has yet to be decided, urr litigated.
Still no uplink report. Time to kick the uplink computer?
Blacked Out Dish Network Channels Back On The Air
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Blacked-Out-Dish-Network-Channels-Back-On-The-Air-134924
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Blacked-Out-Dish-Network-Channels-Back-On-The-Air-134924
The operator is on vacation.Still no uplink report. Time to kick the uplink computer?
Do you need an after the fact report to tell you what has obviously already happened?
It should be noted that it isn't necessarily over yet.That didn't take long.
The parties had an agreement in principal before the blackout on what they were technically allowed to negotiate yet a blackout happened anyway.
The blackout seems to have happened because Sinclair didn't want to come back to the table shortly to renegotiate for their pending acquisition.
Other sources show that there were additional changes other than just the Sinclair stations being turned off/on. Some may like to see them or maybe not.
Some seem to think that in protecting that, the Government was encroaching on it. Therefore, they see it as bad, instead of the good it is. Oddly, no where to be heard with regards to the metadata farming.
I get that, but why? Let each state decide what is appropriate and handle that. There is no real reason it should be a domain of the Feds.
If communications ceased transmitting across a state border, there would be a case for the States to do so. But because over-air communications cross state borders, it becomes a Federal domain.
