Exam 9: Telecommunications

In U.S. v. Southwestern Cable, the Supreme Court held that cable should be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission. The Court limited the extent of the FCC's jurisdiction by requiring regulations on CATV to be substantially related to broadcast services.

The 1984 Cable Franchise Policy and Communications Act took all cable franchise authority out of the hands of state and local authorities. Franchise entities must rely solely on the FCC regulations and authority.

Which of the following acts of Congress served to increase competition in the broadcasting industry with other electronic media?

The 1999 Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act gave satellite television systems to provide local broadcast TV channels to all subscribers in a designated market area (DMA). Concurrent with this right, the satellite television systems were granted discretion on which of the local broadcast channels would be carried.

American cable television actually marks it beginning with the creation of _____ .

The Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 contained provisions designed to accomplish all but one of the following objectives. Which item below does not belong?

Community antenna television (CATV) went out of use when the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists that retransmission of the content via CATV violated the copyright held by the owner of the content.

Suppose that Cable Broadcast Company (CBC) is a relatively new media company that is in the business of providing cable programming with up to 342 channels. One service area has nine local stations. Under current FCC regulations, CBC must carry one-third of the local stations.

The syndicated program Family Feud was produced and distributed for local television licensing. A TV station wishing to keep other channels from showing the same program in the same market would rely on what provision in this situation?

In two cases fought by Turner Broadcasting before the Supreme Court, Turner challenged the FCC must-carry rule on the basis that it was in violation of its ______ .

Congress managed to free cable systems from certain demands imposed by local franchise agreements, and capped franchise fees at 5% of gross revenues through passage of the ____.

Horizontal integration occurs when a single media company

Increased numbers of multichannel video program distributors has bred a market more susceptible to formation of natural monopolies.

The 1972 policy adopted by the Federal Communications Commission known as the "Open Sky Policy" permitted ________________.

Network neutrality is no longer an FCC policy, but its mandates did seek to achieve the ____

This law granted telephone companies the right to compete with video broadcasting services.

Suppose the U.S. conglomerate GMG (Giant Media Group) owns and operates 50% of the nation's media, including TV camera manufacturers, video recorders, local radio/TV stations, cable systems, production companies, a cinema theatre chain, and broadcast networks. GMG would be engaged in ____________.

TV stations trying to secure a spot on the local cable system can rely on what legal option below?

Leased access channels are

Satellite television systems challenged cable's status as a "natural monopoly " becoming part of the growing competition offering viewers new television options the FCC labeled as _____?