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BETHPAGE, N.Y., May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp., (NYSE: CVC) today filed a proposal in the Federal Communications Commission's proceeding on retransmission consent reform to protect consumers from programming blackouts by implementing three simple reforms in the retransmission consent process. The proposal came in comments submitted in response to the FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on retransmission consent:
"We are pleased the FCC has initiated this important proceeding, and have proposed three simple market-based reforms to the good faith negotiations rules that will protect consumers from the threat of broadcaster blackouts," said Tom Rutledge, Cablevision's chief operating officer. "As the FCC and Congress know, consumers are the ones who are harmed when broadcasters pull or threaten to pull their networks from cable systems."See the full content of this document
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Implementing Cablevision's proposal clearly falls within the FCC's authority to reform the good faith negotiations rules and would protect consumers by av...
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