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May 2013

14	ACA Applauds Sen. Rockefeller’s GAO Request To Study Impact Of Collusion By TV Stations

February 2013

4	At Risk Of Broadcaster Retaliation, ACA Members Call On FCC To Act Now To End Coordinated Retransmission Consent Bargaining

October 2012

25	ACA: ‘Broadcaster-Abused Consumers’ Affected By Tribune Co.’s World Series Blackout Of 50,000 Cablevision Customers

September 2012

12	ACA Urges FCC To Provide Congress With Granular Analysis Of Rise In Small Cable System Closings

July 2012

24	At Senate Hearing, ACA Chairwoman Colleen Abdoulah Calls For Updating 20-Year-Old Cable Law
23	ACA's Polka Urges Members To Stay Engaged As Congress Prepares To Overhaul Cable Act Of 1992
23	ACA Vice Chairman Gessner Calls For Sustained Grassroots Action From ACA Members To Achieve Policy Goals On Capitol Hill
18	ACA Responds To Latest NAB Attack On Pay-TV Providers That Support Retransmission Consent Reform
6	ACA Statement On FCC Staff Ruling That Shentel Acted In Good Faith In Retransmission Consent Negotiations With Allbritton

June 2012

27	ACA Applauds Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Leaders On Future Of Video Hearing

April 2012

24	ACA Commends Sen. Rockefeller On Holding A Hearing On The Future Of Video Programming In The Internet Age
5	American Cable Association Statement On End Of Tribune’s Blackout Of DirecTV Consumers

March 2012

14	Kicking Off ACA’s 19th Washington Summit, ACA Chairwoman Colleen Abdoulah Calls For Modernized Retransmission Consent Rules
6	ACA Documents Decreasing Competition Among Local Broadcasters

January 2012

18	ACA Urges Disclosure of Agreements Designed to Coordinate Retrans Negotiations Among Separately Owned Same-Market TV Stations
10	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Issues Statement In Support Of Shentel In Dispute With Allbritton Communications

December 2011

27	ACA Calls On FCC To Require Greater Transparency From TV Stations That Coordinate Retransmission Consent Negotiations
23	American Cable Association Commends FCC For Reviewing Coordinated Retransmission Consent Negotiations By Broadcasters
22	ACA President Responds To Smaller TV Stations' Acknowledgement And Defense of Price Fixing
16	ACA's Polka Commends Communications Reform Legislation Unveiled By Sen. Jim DeMint and Rep. Steve Scalise
15	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Says New NFL Deals With NBC, CBS And FOX Amount To Roughing The Consumer

November 2011

28	ACA's Polka Praises FCC For Warning TV Stations About Tenuous Legality Of Practices Conducted Under Shared Services Agreements
17	ACA Blasts Raycom’s Shared Services Agreement With Belo To Control Three Tucson Stations, Including Fox And CBS Affiliates

October 2011

17	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Comments On LIN TV's Decision To End Its Six-Week Blackout of Mediacom
4	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Comments On NAB’s Retransmission Consent Letter To The FCC

September 2011

2	ACA: Best To Bring Your Calculator When Broadcasters Demo Their Fuzzy Math Skills

August 2011

31	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Blasts LIN TV's Blackout Of Mediacom Cable Customers
26	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Condemns LIN TVs Retrans Blackout Threat As Hurricane Irene Bears Down On Eastern Seaboard
3	ACA CEO - Nexstar Suit Helps ACA Make Case On Broadcaster Collusion In Retransmission Consent Negotiations

July 2011

26	ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Calls On FCC To Adopt New Retransmission Consent Rules In Time For Fall Negotiations
26	ACA: Nexstar Lawsuit Underscores Need for the FCC to Curb Formation of Price-Gouging TV Station Duopolies and Triopolies
21	ACA Disappointed In FCC Ruling To Allow One Company To Control Retrans Rights Of ABC, NBC and FOX Stations In Topeka

June 2011

9	ACA Calls On FCC To Recognize Rampant Price Discrimination Against Independent Cable In New Competition Report To Congress

May 2011

31	ACA Seeks Retransmission Consent Rules Outlawing Broadcasters’ Price-Fixing and Other Practices Harmful To Consumers

April 2011

26	Rural MVPDs Support Retention of Cable Compulsory License for Broadcast Signals to Prevent Needless Cost and Disruption
13	ACA Summit Concludes On A High Note With Update From House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden
12	FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Vows To Protect Consumers If Evidence Shows Malfunctioning Retransmission Consent Market
8	ACA Presses FCC To Block The Topeka Triopoly

March 2011

30	Statement Of ACA Affirming Major Concern About Triopoly Retrans Power After Sale Of ABC Affiliate
17	ACA Seeks Retransmission Consent Condition On Sale Of ABC Affiliate In Topeka, Kansas
3	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Comments On FCC's Decision To Review Broken Retransmission Consent Rules

February 2011

24	American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka Comments On Full Channel TV’s Letter To FCC Chairman Genachowski
15	ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Applauds Passage Of NARUC Resolution On Fair And Non-Discriminatory Access To Video Content

December 2010

8	American Cable Association President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Applauds FCC’s Intention To Open Retransmission Consent Rulemaking

November 2010

17	American Cable Association President & CEO Matthew M. Polka On Sen. John Kerry’s Hearing On Retransmission Consent Reform

October 2010

31	American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka Responds To Fox-Cablevision Agreement
28	American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka Calls Fox’s Offer To Cablevision A Sham
27	ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka Supports Cablevision’s Call For Binding Arbitration With Bad Actor Fox
22	American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On The FCC’s Response To Fox’s Ongoing Boycott Of Cablevision
20	ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka Commends FCC Commissioner Copps On His Retransmission Consent Statement
19	ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On Retransmission Consent Reform Draft Legislation Offered by Sen. John Kerry
18	American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On Day Three of Fox’s Boycott Of 3 Million Cablevision Customers
16	American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On Fox Pulling TV Signals From 3 Million Cablevision Customers

September 2010

2	ACA Statement On Disney-Time Warner Cable Announcement

July 2010

26	ACA Chairman Friedman Sets Goal Of Ending Big Media Price Discrimination Against Small Cable Customers
9	ACA Urges FCC To Study the Impact of Broadcasters’ Collusion On Competition, Diversity, And Localism in Local Broadcast Markets

June 2010

4	ACA Statement On Need For Government Probe Of Local TV Price Fixing

May 2010

19	ACA Calls On The FCC To Halt Broadcasters From Charging Discriminatory Fees & Forming Local Pacts To Collude On Prices

April 2010

20	ACA Chairman Friedman: Trade Group Fully Committed To Comcast-NBCU Merger, Retransmission Consent Battles

March 2010

10	ACA Joins Large Coalition Seeking FCC Reform Of Retransmission Consent
7	ACA Statement On Disney Pulling Its ABC Signal From 3 Million Cablevision Customers
4	Statement Of ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On Sen. Kerry's Letter To FCC Chairman Urging Retransmission Consent Reform

February 2010

22	In Seattle Times Column, ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Says Cash Demands Of TV Stations Are Increasing Monthly Cable Bills

November 2009

19	ACA Calls On The FCC To Probe TV Local Marketing Agreements (LMAs)

September 2009

1	ACA To FCC - Stop the Broadcasters and Media Conglomerates’ Abuse Of Small Ops

July 2009

30	With Evidence of Market Failure All Around, ACA Calls For A Retransmission Consent Investigation By The FCC
14	ACA Applauds House Introduction Of Local Television Freedom Act
6	SNL Kagan Projects More Than Twofold Increase In Retransmission Consent Revenue

May 2009

21	ACA Survey Confirms 271% Rise In 2009 Retransmission Consent
7	First Quarter Results Affirm TV Stations' Pricing Power Over Small Cable

October 2008

28	Market Abuse Evidence Mounting as FCC Considers New Wholesale Programming Rules
17	ACA Calls on Commission to Restore Balance to Retrans Market

September 2008

25	Retransmission Consent Complaints Demonstrate Continuing Broadcaster Abuse Of Independent Cable Operators And Consumers
18	Broadcasters Again Tout Dramatic Rise in Retransmission Consent Revenue
4	ACA Commends FCC Adoption of Digital Must Carry Exemption

July 2008

28	2008 is a Year of Progress and Potential for ACA and Independent Cable Industry
14	Independent Cable Operators Unite to Address Issues of Cost, Choice, and Customer Service
8	Too Little Relief for Too Little Operators

April 2008

7	Independent Cable Calls Foul on Broadcaster Abuse of Market Power

March 2008

17	Harm of Retransmission Consent Topic of Discussion at Cable Show

February 2008

19	Independent Cable Rallies to Fight Discrimination at Hands of Broadcasters and Programmers
12	Smaller, Independent Cable to FCC: Put Consumers First

January 2008

4	Smaller Cable Operators Focus on More Choices for Consumers in FCC Filing

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