FCC commissioner chides cable industry

Cory Bergman May 8th, 2007

Speaking at the NCTA conference, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin told cable TV attendees that they “can’t have it both ways” when they want the market to decide which broadcast multicast channels to carry but they refuse to let consumers buy a la carte cable channels. “I don’t believe they should have to buy Spike to get Discovery,” he said.

Plus: Read the NCTA’s blog from Las Vegas