NAB in particular bristles at MVPD complaints, made loud and long in Washington, about the rising price of retrans. “Complaints about ‘skyrocketing’ retransmission consent fees continue to ring hollow given SNL Kagan’s estimate that in 2014 total broadcast retransmission consent fees were less than the programming fees paid to regional sports networks and reached only 10.8 percent of the programming fees paid to basic cable and regional sports networks combined.”
Source: NAB to FCC: Cable Market Is Anything But Competitive | Broadcasting & Cable