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Time Warner Pans à la Carte

Via Red Herring.

Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator in the United States, on Monday became the first to challenge Cablevision on its assertion last week that à la carte pricing for cable and satellite TV channels would actually be good for the cable industry.

In an address in New York City, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt called the proposal for per-channel pricing a bad thing for the industry. He said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission had tied à la carte pricing to complaints about indecency that politicians on both sides of the aisle have been hearing.

“There is clearly a concern about content among some consumers,” he said. “It’s important for us to listen to our consumers. Our industry needs to come together and find a resolution. But à la carte is economically a very bad thing for the industry.”

posted by Fergie @ 12/05/2005 12:24:00 PM