With Genachowski, Adieu To A La Carte?

[Multichannel News]

Washington -- If President-elect Barack Obama is going to name his close friend and technology adviser Julius Genachowski to be Federal Communications Commission chairman, it will likely to take pressure off the cable industry regarding the pricing and packaging of TV channels, a pair of analysts said Tuesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MultichannelBreakingNews/~4/510973444" height="1" width="1"/

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[riffjim4069]

Selecting anyone to Chair the FCC that will not push A La Carte is a mistake in my opinion.

 

[jegrant]

I agree, at the very least, we need wholesale A La Carte, so that providers can offer different combinations/packages to meet consumer demand.

I wonder, though, maybe an Obama FCC will push multicast must-carry? I wonder what they'll think of the ion/Urban deal.