New Website Urges NFL Network to Provide Sports Choice Now!PITTSBURGH -- The American Cable Association (ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture ) announced today the creation of a website to encourage cable customers across America to demand "Sports Choice Now" from the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Network. The website, www.sportschoicenow.org, provides a direct link for consumers to tell Congress how the NFL Network has denied them any choice in receiving NFL Network programming. In addition, the website provides information to the public through a video, Myths vs. Facts, and current press clippings criticizing the NFL Network for trying to charge all cable television subscribers for NFL games on the NFL Network. ACA President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Matt Polka polka, ballroom dance for couples in 2/4 time. Originated by Bohemian peasants about 1830 from steps of the schottische and other dances, the polka by 1835 reached the drawing rooms of Prague, from which it spread to the capitals of Europe. said ACA is sending the site, congressional letters and 30-second spots to all 1,100 ACA members "to unite with their 8 million customers in demanding choice for smaller market and rural customers and for independent cable operators across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." "The NFL Network says it has the best interests of its fans at heart, but then demands that all cable television subscribers pay for its programming," said Polka. "Let's call the play the way it is. The NFL Network has only its own interests at heart, and that's why consumers don't have a choice to buy the NFL Network or not on a sports tier." Polka said ACA's members' goal is to show the public and Congress how expensive sports programming is forced on consumers and cable companies, and to mobilize mo·bi·lize v. 1. To make mobile or capable of movement. 2. To restore the power of motion to a joint. 3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. consumers and Congress to demand sports choice. Polka criticized the NFL Network for using its brand, market power and federal anti-trust exemption to specifically deny choice to consumers in smaller markets and rural areas served by independent cable operators. "The NFL Network said today that it 'just asks for the same distribution in which cable companies place the cable channels that they own,'' said ACA's Polka.1 "However, ACA's members don't own programming. All they and their customers get to do is pay for the programming NFL Network wants them to take. The only choice they get is EVERYBODY PAYS or NO ONE RECEIVES. "That's an incomplete pass An incomplete pass is a term in American football which means that a legal forward pass hits the ground before a player on either team gains possession. For example, if the quarterback throws the ball to one of his wide receivers, and the receiver either does not touch it, or tries ," said Polka. "It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for consumers, cable operators and Congress to demand SPORTS CHOICE NOW." About the American Cable Association Based in Pittsburgh, the American Cable Association is a national association of independent cable television businesses and owners of smaller cable systems that work together to ensure the future competitiveness and viability of their businesses. Association members primarily serve customers in smaller markets and rural areas across America. The Association represents medium-sized and smaller cable businesses through active participation in the regulatory and legislative process in Washington, D.C. ACA's nearly 1,100 member companies serve more than 8 million subscribers in all 50 states. For more information, visit www.americancable.org. 1 Quote of Steve Bornstein Steve Bornstein is currently the President and CEO of the NFL Network and is also the NFL's Executive-VP of Media. Prior to joining the NFL, Bornstein was the Chairman of ESPN, and also served as president of ABC. , president of NFL Network, "Bornstein Defends NFL Net As Programmer Floats Free Offer," The Morning Bridge, Dec. 13, 2006. |
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