What started as an effort to bring High Definition feeds of Major Broadcast Network Television into the Utica DMA has now become a national effort to allow competition between neighboring DMA\'s. In an effort to eliminate Government granted monopolies and unfair advantages during retransmission consent agreements we are starting a petition to be delivered to Congressional Representatives and Elected Officials to urge them to change the current laws. By helping effect change in the current system you will: A) Have more programming choices as a viewer, including possible carriage of HD signals when your local station doesn\'t broadcast them and B) help keep programming costs down by allowing competition between neighboring markets during retransmission consent agreements or disputes.
The government granted monopolies currently blocking our access to broadcast competition remain the primary target of our campaign. Send a direct email to your representative today demanding that they end these restrictive retransmission consent laws. We must keep the pressure on our officials until they acknowledge that viewers deserve actual market choice.
September 9, 2007
We hit our first major milestone today and the momentum shows that people are tired of these outdated broadcast monopolies. Post the link on Facebook right now to keep the pressure on our representatives. Call your local member of Congress this afternoon and demand a change to these retransmission laws.
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Mike Choi
19 years ago
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Sick of paying for basic cable and not even getting the full channels in hd. let us choose our feed already.
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Sarah Banerjee
19 years ago
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The local channels here are so outdated and the constant blackouts during negotiations are just ridiculous. fix this mess
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David Perez
19 years ago
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ABOUT TIME. monopolies in media are killing the industry and consumers are the ones losing out every single time.
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What started as an effort to bring High Definition feeds of Major Broadcast Network Television into the Utica DMA has now become a national effort to allow competition between neighboring DMA\'s. In an effort to eliminate Government granted monopolies and unfair advantages during retransmission consent agreements we are starting a petition to be delivered to Congressional Representatives and Elected Officials to urge them to change the current laws. By helping effect change in the current system you will: A) Have more programming choices as a viewer, including possible carriage of HD signals when your local station doesn\'t broadcast them and B) help keep programming costs down by allowing competition between neighboring markets during retransmission consent agreements or disputes.
The government granted monopolies currently blocking our access to broadcast competition remain the primary target of our campaign. Send a direct email to your representative today demanding that they end these restrictive retransmission consent laws. We must keep the pressure on our officials until they acknowledge that viewers deserve actual market choice.
September 9, 2007
We hit our first major milestone today and the momentum shows that people are tired of these outdated broadcast monopolies. Post the link on Facebook right now to keep the pressure on our representatives. Call your local member of Congress this afternoon and demand a change to these retransmission laws.
3 Comments
M
Mike Choi
19 years ago
Featured
Sick of paying for basic cable and not even getting the full channels in hd. let us choose our feed already.
S
Sarah Banerjee
19 years ago
Featured
The local channels here are so outdated and the constant blackouts during negotiations are just ridiculous. fix this mess
D
David Perez
19 years ago
Featured
ABOUT TIME. monopolies in media are killing the industry and consumers are the ones losing out every single time.
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Sick of paying for basic cable and not even getting the full channels in hd. let us choose our feed already.