the Daily Whale - 25 September 1993

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Complaints are flying that the re-regulation of cable TV was a failure, since rates have stayed about the same.

Not to worry. Next year the first Direct Broadcast Satellites will start beaming television straight into homes, and the cable operators will start to see real competition. This was the ideal time to re-regulate and stop rates from falling.

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