Statement of Brian Dietz, Senior Director, Communications
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Regarding FCC A La Carte Study
“As the General Accounting Office (GAO) has found, ‘a la carte' pricing would likely lead to a choice of fewer cable channels at higher prices for consumers. The economic facts have not changed over the six months since GAO issued its comprehensive study. We believe that an FCC study would further confirm that ‘a la carte' pricing would be very harmful to ad-supported cable networks and consumers by reducing programming diversity and driving up the cost of cable and satellite television.”
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NCTA is the principal trade association of the cable television industry in the United States . NCTA represents cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks, as well as equipment suppliers and providers of other services to the cable industry.