7Cable Television
Cable television developed in the late 1940s to serve communities unable to receive broadcast television signals because of terrain or distance. For a fee, cable operators distributed broadcast station signals by coaxial cable to subscribers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC/Commission) first established rules for cable systems in 1965, and the Supreme Court affirmed its jurisdiction over cable in 1968.
As discussed below, Congress and the FCC have established a system of “must-carry” and “retransmission consent” requirements applicable to cable operators’ carriage of local commercial and noncommercial television stations’ signals and established the right of commercial broadcast stations to control ...
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