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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge from cable television operators to the 18-year-old requirement that they carry local broadcast stations on their systems.
The justices rejected an appeal Monday from Cablevision Systems Corp. The court upheld a federal “must carry” law, enacted in 1992 when cable TV systems faced much less competition than they do today.
The Obama administration urged the court to stay out of the case. It noted that being carried on cable systems “remains critical to broadcast stations’ financial viability generally.”
