US might finally force cable-TV firms to advertise their actual prices
arstechnica.com
Biden angry about cable firms' hidden "Broadcast TV" and "Regional Sports" fees.

As Biden noted, the FCC “proposed a new rule that would require cable and satellite TV providers to give consumers the all-in price for the service they’re offering up front.” The proposed rule would force companies like Comcast, Charter Spectrum, and DirecTV to publish more accurate prices.

  • Silviecat44@vlemmy.netEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Direct-to-consumer advertising is the promotion of prescription medicines to the general public. New Zealand and the USA are the only two countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines.1 Feb 2004

    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      They are the only ones for prescription medicine. I Germany there’s also TV ads for medicine, but just for stuff you can just go and buy in a pharmacy.