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Broadcast television in an IP world
- Subject: Broadcast television in an IP world
- From: jayfar at jayfar.com (Jay Farrell)
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 02:55:59 -0500
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 5:45 PM, Jameson, Daniel <
Daniel.Jameson at tdstelecom.com> wrote:
> In the US certain channels have the *must Carry* designation. Which puts
> a retransmitter in a poor negotiating position, essentially the provider
> can charge whatever they want.
Under must-carry a station cannot charge the cable companies a fee. But the
station can waive must-carry and then can negotiate fees. The cable company
can decline to carry under those circumstances, if they don't want to pay
the fee.