有线电视游说集团已通知联邦通信委员会（FCC），他们将起诉该机构，以阻止其对《全国电视所有权规则》进行极具争议的废除。该规则限制了一家公司可以拥有的广播电视频道数量。
Cable lobby groups notified the Federal Communications Commission that they will sue the agency to block its controversial repeal of the National Television Ownership Rule, which limits the number of broadcast TV stations a single company may own.
有线电视集团表示，大型广播电视台集团将拥有更大的议价能力，从而向电视服务商索取更高的转播费，导致“消费者的每月电视账单上涨”。他们表示，FCC的废除令“武断且反复无常地忽视了允许广播电视台集团突破全国上限必然带来的危害”。这些有线电视游说集团代表了顶级服务商康卡斯特（Comcast）、特许通讯（Charter）以及其他各种有线电视运营商。
The cable groups said that larger broadcast TV station groups will have leverage to demand higher retransmission fees from TV providers, resulting in "higher monthly TV bills for consumers." They said the FCC repeal order "arbitrarily and capriciously ignores the harms that will surely follow from allowing broadcast station groups to exceed the National Cap." The cable lobby groups represent top providers Comcast, Charter, and various other cable operators.
大型有线电视公司也通过并购不断扩张。在FCC驳回了倡导集团抗议后，特许通讯于8月完成了对考克斯（Cox）的收购。此前倡导集团曾表示，这起有线电视交易“将在互联网分发上产生不受制衡的看门人权力”，并使最大的有线电视公司更容易提高价格。
Top cable companies have also expanded through mergers. Charter completed a purchase of Cox in August after the FCC rejected protests by advocacy groups that said the cable deal "would create unchecked gatekeeper power over Internet distribution" and make it easier for the biggest cable companies to raise prices.