Word: retransmit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cable opponents have other beefs as well. Hollywood is unhappy that cable superstations are able to retransmit syndicated shows for a nominal, Government-imposed fee instead of negotiating such fees directly with distributors. Also drawing fire is the industry's growing "vertical integration": cable systems that have a financial interest in program services. The largest owner of cable systems, Tele-Communications, Inc., for example, is a part owner of the Turner Broadcasting System, as well as an investor in Black Entertainment Television, the Discovery Channel and several other cable networks. Time Inc., the parent of the second largest cable operator...