The House bill known as the Next Generation...
The House bill known as the Next Generation Television Marketplace Act is a “promising vehicle for comprehensive free market reform,” Free State Foundation Adjunct Senior Fellow Seth Cooper said in a Tuesday blog post (http://bit.ly/19b9fp1). HR-3720 would “finally eliminate outdated…
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legacy video regulations that rest on an early 1990s snapshot picture of the video market” and “repeal retrans consent regulations and allow negotiations for carriage of TV broadcast stations to take place in a deregulated and truly free market context,” Cooper said, calling it the “proper direction for reform.” The bill was introduced last week by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., to a variety of reactions as to its strength and prospects for next year (CD Dec 16 p10). NAB opposes the bill.