Cable Industry Chastised For Lack of Digital Feeds

“The cable industry is missing at its post and absent without leave,” said Eddie Fritts, NAB CEO, at the annual NAB meeting. “Cable operators are carrying less than 13 percent of local DTV broadcast stations on the air today. At last count, only 107 of the 809 broadcast DTV stations were receiving cable carriage.”

Did he think the cable industry would actually be proactive about anything? [via MediaWeek]

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