NCTA, PBS, APTS Renew 2005 Public TV Digital Cable Carriage Agreeement
A 2005 public TV digital cable carriage agreement was renewed by the Association of Public Television Stations, NCTA and PBS, they said in a news release Sunday. The original agreement, signed before the transition to digital broadcast, provided that cable…
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companies would carry at least one public broadcast station in digital, as well as HD and multicast channels (see 0502010133), and ensures those multicast channels still will be carried, the parties to the deal said. While the renewal is for 10 years, it also has language bringing the parties back to look at the terms in three years because of the rapid technological changes in broadcast, APTS told us Monday. APTS changed its name Monday to America's Public Television Stations.