Cable Television Consumer Protection Act From OpenCongress Wiki
Broadcasters first retaliated against the cable industry in the
Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of 1992 (Thomas.gov),
which set price caps on cable service, required that cable
systems carry all broadcast television programs, and allowed
broadcasters to charge cable operators a "retransmission
consent" fee for their programs. The Telecommunications Act of
1996 did away with price caps, but the broadcast industry clung
on to the latter provisions. As a result, the media industry
consolidated. The broadcast networks teamed up with Hollywood
studios and cable networks to better leverage their "free"
network content for carriage by the cable operators.  Articles
and Resources Related SourceWatch resources - See the other
articles at the Telecom, Media and Intellectual Property Policy
(U.S.) portal. - See the main Congresspedia article on Digital
television. - See the main Congresspedia article on Spectrum. -
Lennard Kruger, The Digital TV Tr