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Originally Posted by wizwor
Kind of related, the television networks -- in the person of News Corp. president Chase Carey -- threaten to lobby congress for more restrictive laws if the courts continue to rule against them.
I cannot understand this. Broadcast television gets revenue from ads which pay by audience. How is it bad for them to expand their audience via OTT? Clearly, the issue is control.
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The broadcast networks also get money from the cablecos.
They're afraid the cablecos will stop paying those fees. They had to fight long and hard to get them to submit in the first place.