More programs for cable TV
Broadcasters have long viewed cable television as a dangerous upstart that could threaten the industry's huge profits. But the Federal Communications Commission last week opened the way to more home-video competition by freeing cable TV from most of the last remaining tangles of Government regulation that had once restrained its operation.
Until now cable companies have been barred from transmitting the programs of more than a few stations outside their franchise areas. But, in a close, 4-to-3 vote, the FCC ruled that they can carry as many channels as they choose. That decision will allow cable companies...
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