{"id":1212322,"date":"2023-12-14T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212322"},"modified":"2023-12-14T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:20:00","slug":"fcc-floats-ban-on-cable-tv-junk-fees-that-make-it-hard-to-ditch-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212322","title":{"rendered":"FCC Floats Ban on Cable TV &#039;Junk Fees&#039; That Make It Hard To Ditch Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission has taken a step toward prohibiting early termination fees charged by cable and satellite TV providers. From a report: If given final approval, the FCC action would also require cable and satellite providers to provide a prorated credit or rebate to customers who cancel before a billing period ends. The new rules are being floated in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that the FCC voted to approve this week in a 3-2 vote, with both Republicans dissenting. The NPRM seeks public comment on the proposed rules and could lead to a final vote in a few months or so. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s action proposes to adopt customer service protections that prohibit cable operators and DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) providers from imposing a fee for the early termination of a cable or DBS video service contract,&#8221; the FCC said. &#8220;Additionally, the NPRM recommends the adoption of customer service protections to require cable and DBS providers to grant subscribers a prorated credit or rebate for the remaining whole days in a monthly or periodic billing cycle after the subscriber cancels service.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said, &#8220;Consumers are tired of these junk fees. They now have more choices when it comes to video content. But these friction-filled tactics to keep us subscribing to our current providers are aggravating and unfair. So today we kick off a rulemaking to put an end to these practices.&#8221; Cable lobby group NCTA-The Internet &amp; Television Association opposes the plan and said it will submit comments to support &#8220;consumer choice and competitive parity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=FCC+Floats+Ban+on+Cable+TV+'Junk+Fees'+That+Make+It+Hard+To+Ditch+Contracts%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F12%2F14%2F1811230%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/twitter_icon_large-174.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F12%2F14%2F1811230%2Ffcc-floats-ban-on-cable-tv-junk-fees-that-make-it-hard-to-ditch-contracts%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/facebook_icon_large-87.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entertainment.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/12\/14\/1811230\/fcc-floats-ban-on-cable-tv-junk-fees-that-make-it-hard-to-ditch-contracts?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Slashdot &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/entertainment.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/12\/14\/1811230\/fcc-floats-ban-on-cable-tv-junk-fees-that-make-it-hard-to-ditch-contracts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FCC Floats Ban on Cable TV &#8216;Junk Fees&#8217; That Make It Hard To Ditch Contracts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission has taken a step toward prohibiting early termination fees charged by cable and satellite TV providers. From a report: If given final approval, the FCC action would also require cable and satellite providers to provide a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212322\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,110],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-1212322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slashdot","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-slashdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1212322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1212322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}