RETRANS RUCKUS

摘要

While the National Association of Broadcasters and the American Television Alliance (ATVA) have been trading blows over retrans for years, the rhetoric has gotten even more heated of late. After Dish-in meetings with FCC chairman Tom Wheeler and other commission officials-accused broadcasters of using their viewers as "sacrificial pawns" in retrans negotiations, the National Association of Broadcasters fired back, calling Dish the "ultimate regulatory profiteer," with a "sordid" history of bending laws and rules, while calling out ATVA at the same time.