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- <title>
- Apr. 12, 1993: Raising Antennas in Show-B
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Apr. 12, 1993 The Info Highway
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 18
- BUSINESS
- Raising Antennas in Show-Biz Land
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- <body>
- <p>The FCC gives to networks and takes from Hollywood and cable
- TV
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- <p> With two strokes of the pen, The Federal Communications
- Commission created a lot of static in the entertainment
- business. By adopting the most sweeping price controls in a
- decade, the agency angered the cable-television industry,
- ordering cable systems throughout the country to cut rates for
- most services up to 10%, a move that could save subscribers an
- aggregate $1.2 billion. Rates will now be regulated by
- Washington and local governments. While cable companies
- complained, consumer groups and local governments say the FCC
- did not go far enough. In a separate decision that left
- Hollywood studios fuming, the FCC allowed ABC, CBS and NBC to
- produce and own television programs and retain their lucrative
- rerun rights as well. In erasing industry barriers, the ruling
- could eventually lead to mergers between studios and TV
- networks.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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