Saturday, April 16, 2016

Obama supports cable box competition and—surprise—cable lobby is angry



President Obama and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.


President Obama today pledged support for the Federal Communications Commission effort to give cable TV customers a greater choice of set-top boxes. Shortly after, the top cable lobby group expressed its displeasure, saying the White House’s statement “may be good politics, but it’s bad government.”


The White House published a blog post this morning saying that cable TV subscribers shouldn’t have to spend “nearly $1,000 over four years to lease a set of behind-the-times boxes.” Americans should “have options to own



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Obama supports cable box competition and—surprise—cable lobby is angry

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