Greater Cable Capacity Should Prompt Updated Must-Carry Rules: One Ministries

Cable TV systems have no reason any longer to preclude carriage of stations throughout a designated market area that opt for must-carry status, One Ministries said Thursday in docket 24-14. Capacity no longer limits systems and must-carry rules should be updated to reflect that, it said. Large cable systems that also operate major networks use the must-carry rules to preclude carriage of smaller independent stations throughout the market, One Ministries said. It should be required that full-power TV stations get carried by cable systems throughout TV markets assigned to that station.