UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
The FCC's pay cable policy to increase television diversity through deregulation has backfired. One unforeseen problem has been the rise of basic services, which, unlike subscription services, support themselves with advertising revenues. The author argues that the nonregulation of basic services and the harmful growth of vertical integration in the cable industry prevent television diversity and innovative programming.
Recommended Citation
David Coursen,
The FCC and Pay Cable: Promoting Diversity on Television,
6 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 773
(1984).
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