Herald: Comcast buys NECN

[Ron Bello]

NECN advertises that it is not available on satellite.
Don't know whether it is the satellite TV company's decision.


On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>wrote:

> <<On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:40:38 -0400, Ron Bello <rbello@belloassoc.com>
> said:
>
> > It is available on Verizon FIOS and RCN
>
> There's a Federal law (or FCC regulation, I forget, and it amounts to
> the same thing) that requires proprietary cable channels to be made
> available to other cable companies if the service is sent across state
> lines using the facilities of a common carrier (such as a satellite).
>
> -GAWollman
>



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