It is becoming common for the owners of such stations to ask for retransmission fees.
The probe's data were received by the Galileo spacecraft for retransmission to Earth.
We were going to get paid for retransmission, and that's how we were going to grow".
Furthermore, MECCRLB coding technique achieves higher error correction capability and reduces the need for retransmission.
After months of negotiations, the two companies cannot agree on a price for retransmission of the Fox network.
Cablevision has been arguing that the regulatory system for retransmission negotiations is broken and that government intervention is needed.
Similarly, broadcast networks are battling for "retransmission fees" (essentially a cut of subscriptions) from cable and satellite distributors.
The cable company wants to gain access to those rights in any fee increase it pays CBS for retransmission rights.
An independent station in Portland, Me., pulled its signal from a Time Warner cable system in 1993, seeking cash for retransmission consent.
He said that it was "dishonest" for pay-TV companies to accuse PSBs of seeking a "subsidy" by asking for retransmission fees.
Privately, they said it could be used as leverage in future negotiations with the networks over payments for retransmission of their programming.
