Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Published May 23, 2016 10:27pm ET



The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is advising regulators not to pass rules that would allow tech giants like Google to hijack video programming on television stations like HBO.

“I support the goal of greater competition and innovation in the marketplace for how consumers are able to access and watch video programming,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a Monday letter to the Federal Communications Commission. “However, I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation.”

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