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Lawmakers say FCC set-top box rules could harm smaller video operators

( May 5, 2016, 21:04 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of lawmakers has written to the US Federal Communications Commission to object to the agency’s proposed regulations mandating that pay television companies share their raw video programming with third-party set-top box competitors. The letter, led by Representative Kevin Cramer, says the rules could threaten the economic welfare of small pay TV companies providing services to rural areas and alternatives to consumers in urban areas. “The broad ranging disruption that adoption of this proposal would create throughout the video marketplace would result in direct harm to smaller providers, even if they are granted a permanent exemption from the rules,” the letter says.See document below. ...

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