Re: Broadcast television in an IP world

[Jay Farrell via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 5:45 PM, Jameson, Daniel <
Daniel.Jameson () tdstelecom com> wrote:

> In the US certain channels have the *must Carry* designation.  Which puts
> a retransmitter in a poor negotiating position,  essentially the provider
> can charge whatever they want.


Under must-carry a station cannot charge the cable companies a fee. But the
station can waive must-carry and then can negotiate fees. The cable company
can decline to carry under those circumstances, if they don't want to pay
the fee.