Broadcasters Defend Constitutionality of Carriage Mandates

摘要

Broadcasters are pushing back on cable arguments that leased-access rules represent an infringement on cable's First Amendment rights, and for good reason. If broadcasters want to preserve their cable carriage mandate, which they definitely do in a world where most broadcast viewing is over cable and satellite retransmissions-the cord-cutting trend notwithstanding-they want to nip the First Amendment challenge to that other carriage mandate in the bud.