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	Broadcasters first retaliated against the cable industry in the [[Cable Television Consumer Protection Act]] of 1992 [http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c102:5:./temp/~c102bX0pkb:: (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. <ref> Drew Clark, [http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/0218njsp.htm Spectrum Wars], ''National Journal'', February 18, 2005. </ref>		Broadcasters first retaliated against the cable industry in the [[Cable Television Consumer Protection Act]] of 1992 [http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c102:5:./temp/~c102bX0pkb:: (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. <ref> Drew Clark, [http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/0218njsp.htm Spectrum Wars], ''National Journal'', February 18, 2005. </ref>

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Broadcasters first retaliated against the cable industry in the [[Cable Television Consumer Protection Act]] of 1992 [http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c102:5:./temp/~c102bX0pkb:: (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. <ref> Drew Clark, [http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/0218njsp.htm Spectrum Wars], ''National Journal'', February 18, 2005. </ref>

== Articles and Resources ==
===Related SourceWatch resources===
* See the other articles at the [[Portal:Telecom, Media and Intellectual Property Policy (U.S.)|Telecom, Media and Intellectual Property Policy (U.S.) portal]].
* See the main Congresspedia article on [[Digital television]].
* See the main Congresspedia article on [[Spectrum]].

=== Sources ===
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=== External Resources ===
* Lennard Kruger, [http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22217_20050812.pdf The Digital TV Transition: A Brief Overview] ''Congressional Research Service,'' Aug. 12, 2005.
* Lennard Kruger, [http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL31260.pdf Digital Television: An Overview] ''Congressional Research Service,'' updated Jan. 23, 2007.

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