Cable companies shouldn’t be allowed to pass through to basic tie...
Cable companies shouldn’t be allowed to pass through to basic tier subscribers expenses for sales of ads, National Assn. of Telecom Officers & Advisers (NATOA) and Montgomery County, Md., said in ex parte presentation to FCC officials. Original petition…
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filed by Pasadena, Cal., seeks FCC ruling that federal law and Commission rules don’t allow passthrough to subscribers of cable operators’ franchise fee on revenue from nonsubscriber sources. Permitting passthrough of expenses for competitive cable services would “unfairly disadvantage competitors” to cable operators, NATOA and county said. Charter Communications is Cal. MSO in question. Comcast and Coxcom support Charter’s claim that passthrough is acceptable. NATOA and county said it was unfair for subscribers to have their cable bills increase whenever cable operator “makes money from advertising sales.” Among FCC officials in meeting were Chmn. Powell’s cable adviser, Susan Eid, and representatives of Comrs. Tristani, Copp, Martin.