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Longport, NJ
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1 edit | And when were programming costs NOT going up? whether programming costs increase or not.
It is a strawman argument that cable companies raised prices when programming costs haven't gone up. Programming costs have been going up since 1996 when the FCC forced must carry or negotiate on price contract rules(aka re-transmission agreements).
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 odogCable Centric Vendor BiasedPremium,VIP
join:2001-08-05
Atlanta, GA
kudos:9 | Well Aereo might shake this up a bit. I think at some point the whole retrans/must carry rules will have to be overhauled. |
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Re: And when were programming costs NOT going up? It is a strawman argument that cable companies raised prices when programming costs haven't gone up.
In this case, it is true that cable operators have raised rates for every and all service, whether tied to programming costs or not. When a DVR rental fee jumps six bucks months after a rate hike tied to programming costs for example. Or say when a cable company charges you six bucks just to pay your bill over the phone with a live human, eight months after they already socked you with a hike that was actually tied to programming.
Do you come here just to play the corporatist contrarian? |
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