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However, unlike traditional utilities, which are regulated, cable operators are free to charge exorbitant fees for their services.
One high-tech lobbyist says that right now there's not a single vote on the Commission for regulated cable access.
The FCC regulated cable rates starting in 1965, then deregulated prices in 1984, then reregulated in 1992 when politicians and the public squawked.
But that deal does not fall under the F.C.C. exclusivity rule because the owner of the network is an independent company, the National Football League, and not a regulated cable operator.
During a 2010 dispute between Fox and Cablevision over retransmission rights (the bane of the current regulated cable industry), Fox blocked Cablevision Internet customers from accessing programming on Fox websites.
The Cable Services Bureau, a branch of the FCC, alleges that Century, by taking some channels from its regulated cable packages and selling them individually, or "a la carte," has been dodging rate rules for nearly 18 months.
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The appointment of cabinet members and agency heads openly hostile to government regulation, notably Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, who rescinded a plan to regulate cable TV set-top boxes.
The land of the "licence raj" somehow forgot to regulate cable.
Congress further created a new section of the Act to regulate cable companies' public performances of copyrighted works.
Mr. Dobrin's department is also responsible for the 911 system and for regulating cable television franchises.
But then, on June 14th, the federal appellate court in D.C. issued a ruling that gave the Federal Communications Commission powers to regulate cable companies more aggressively.
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