What is the law on HDTV channels being provided through cable TV providers?
Google “must-carry” rules. Cable IS under FCC regulations. Just look on the FCC website: “The Commission enforces regulations that were designed to ensure competition among cable companies, satellite companies and other entities that offer video programming services to the general public. This includes issues such as, mandatory carriage of television broadcast signals, commercial leased access, program access, over-the-air reception devices, open video systems, commercial availability of set-top boxes and the accessibility of closed captioning and video description on television programming.” “Cable companies are not required to switch to digital service, but they may choose to make their service all or partly digital – it is a business decision made by the cable companies. The FCC requires cable companies to continue to provide local stations in analog as long as they provide any analog service, even after the final deadline for the DTV Transition, which was June 12, 2009.” The new ru
