Question:
Who Sets the Cable TV Rates?
Who Regulates Cable TV Rates?
Have you ever wondered where your cable television provider has come up with the rates they charge consumers for their cable service?
Basically your cable provider is monitored by a local franchising authority. The local franchising authority (LFA) can only regulate how much your cable company charges you for local stations and for any educational and government stations. This commonly referred to as a basic tier service.
The LFA, however, does not regulate how much your cable company charges you when it comes to premium channels, such as HBO or for any pay-per-view channels. Your cable company can charge you any amount for those types of channels. But, your cable company should not tell you that in order to purchase premium channels or pay-for channels you will need to buy a more expensive cable television package. Those channels should not require a more expensive package, instead they should be offered at an additional fee for any cable package available. There is no rule though that says cable companies must actually offer these premium channels on an individual basis.
Cable TV Frequently Asked Questions
How Can I Pay my Cable Bill Online?
Can I Pay Using My Remote Control?
Can I Pay my Bill via Snail Mail?
How Can I Lower my Cable Bill?
What is the Average Cable Bill?
What is Electronic Funds Transfer?
What Started Cable Television?
What Happened With Cable in the 1950's?
What Happened with Cable in the 1960's?
What did the New Millennium Bring?
What Was Another Cable TV Station Beside HBO?
What Does a High Definition Digital Cable Receiver Do?
What are Some Common Digital Cable Problems?
What is the Big Deal About my Digital Cable Remote Control?
What are Some Digital Cable Providers?
What are Some Digital Cable Channels?
What are Some Features of Digital Cable?
What is a Digital Cable Tuner for my PC?
What are Prices on Digital Cable?
Does Time Warner Offer Bundling?
Does Cox Communications Offer Bundles?
Do Smaller Cable Companies Offer Bundling?
Does Dish Network Offer Bundling?
Does Bundling Really Save Money?
Are There Different Cable Boxes to Choose From?
What is the Purpose of Cable TV Boxes?
Why Should I Know Where My Remote Control Manual Is?
How Can I Set Up my Cable Box?
What is a Cable TV Descrambler?
What are the Consequences of Illegal Cable Boxes?
Should I Rent my Cable Box or Buy It?
Where Should my Booster be Installed?
Why Would You Want a Cable TV Booster/Amplifier?
What Questions Will I be Asked When Getting my Cable Installed?
Should I Install my Own Cable?
What are Some Popular Cable TV Shows?
What are Television Shopping Channels?
What are Premium Cable TV Channels?
What are some Cable TV Networks?
How Can I Find Out What is on TV?
Can the FCC Ban Inappropriate Cable Shows?
How Can I Easily Compare Cable Prices in My Area?
What is a Best Price Guarantee?
What are Special Offers and How do I Get Them?
What Should I be Thinking About When Purchasing Cable TV?
Why are my Cable Rates Going Up?
How Can I Exactly Compare Prices on the Internet?
What are Some Prices for Packages?
What Should I Know About Time Warner Cable?
Can You Tell Me More About Comcast?
What Should I Know About Cox Communications?
What Should I Know About Charter?
What Should I Know About Adelphia?
What is Interesting About Suddenlink?
What is High Definition Cable TV?
Can You Compare HDTV vs Standard TV?
Does Time Warner Offer HD Cable?
Will my Satellite Provider Offer HD?
Can I Order My Cable Through an Internet Website?
If I Move Is It Hard To Change Providers?
How Can I Order Charter Cable?
How Can I Order Time Warner Cable?
How Can I Order Comcast Cable?
What is On Demand With Comcast?
Does Time Warner Offer On Demand?
Does Cox Communications Have On Demand?
What is the History of Satellite TV?
Is Cable Reception Better Than Satellite?
What is the Difference With Cable and Satellite Programming?
What Equipment Will I Need for Both?
Is There a Difference in Interactive TV Between the Two?
When Was Dish Network Created?
What is the History of DIRECTV?
Which is Better, DIRECTV or Dish Network?
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