With the approval of this merger from the Justice Department, satellite radio is one step closer to giving its customers real choice in programming – a groundbreaking moment for the future of subscription-based entertainment. There is no question that greater control of graphic content, combined with giving consumers the ability to have some control over packages and pricing is in the public interest, and particularly to parents and families.

We call upon the FCC to follow Justice’s lead and approve the merger.  And we call on the cable and satellite television industries to follow the lead of XM and Sirius and give real choices to their own customers who are deeply offended by many of the channels families are forced to buy just to get access to the quality family programming available on cable.  Only a meaningful solution like this one will allow the marketplace to decide for itself what it wants and what it is willing to pay for.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm and is filed under Politics .