U.S. Congress scrutinizes pay TV billing, competitive practices
Source: Reuters
U.S. Congress scrutinizes pay TV billing, competitive practices
By David Shepardson
June 9, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel disclosed Thursday it is investigating pay TV competition and customer service issues and will call executives from top cable and satellite providers to testify.
The investigation comes as the U.S. cable and satellite TV industry ranks among the lowest in consumer surveys over billing and other practices.
Senators Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican who chairs a panel on investigations and Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said in a statement Thursday that they will hold a June 23 hearing that will include testimony from Comcast Corp, Charter Communications, DirectTV, a unit of AT&T Inc and Dish Network Corp.
The pair said in a joint statement the panel has been investigating the largest cable and satellite TV companies for more than a year, looking at potential barriers to competition in the industry, "including the difficulties faced by companies attempting to create innovative new television delivery models."
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bucolic_frolic
(43,205 posts)No bills, no commercials, and lots of free time to get on the internet
and read and do other things
The TV ain't worth 3 cents to me
forest444
(5,902 posts)And I should have done so long ago.
But I could swear Cox Communications has been throttling my internet ever since.
keylargo
(42 posts)Hell, I don't turn it on when I'm in hotels w/o internet!!! I much prefer my own stock movies and videos!
phazed0
(745 posts)Congress and the FCC need not look any further than the Congress and the FCC as to why this situation exists. It's their F*ing mess they helped create.
No, no.. this is to placate people into thinking something is being done... farcical! I needed a good laugh!
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)The empire will surely appear to deal with cable concerns.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Charter is constantly trying to get me to cough up the extra 15$ a month for it, the teaser, but they can kiss my ass.