New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05870

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  

Caption

Enacts the "television subscriber choice act" to enhance consumer choice and ensure that multichannel video programming distributors have the flexibility to offer programming packages that best meet the needs and preferences of their subscribers; requires that a video programmer shall offer each channel for license to a multichannel video programming distributor without requiring channel bundling requirements as a condition of carriage of such channel; makes it unlawful for a video programmer to demand unreasonable fees or other financial obligations for channel carriage; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Companion Bills

NY S04653

Same As Enacts the "television subscriber choice act" to enhance consumer choice and ensure that multichannel video programming distributors have the flexibility to offer programming packages that best meet the needs and preferences of their subscribers; requires that a video programmer shall offer each channel for license to a multichannel video programming distributor without requiring channel bundling requirements as a condition of carriage of such channel; makes it unlawful for a video programmer to demand unreasonable fees or other financial obligations for channel carriage; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Previously Filed As

NY S04653

Enacts the "television subscriber choice act" to enhance consumer choice and ensure that multichannel video programming distributors have the flexibility to offer programming packages that best meet the needs and preferences of their subscribers; requires that a video programmer shall offer each channel for license to a multichannel video programming distributor without requiring channel bundling requirements as a condition of carriage of such channel; makes it unlawful for a video programmer to demand unreasonable fees or other financial obligations for channel carriage; defines terms; makes related provisions.

NY HB1116

Prohibit a video streaming service from transmitting certain advertising during children's programming and provide a penalty therefor.

NY SB328

Stop Sports Blackouts ActThis bill requires cable and satellite broadcast providers to issue rebates to customers who are denied access to video programming included in their subscription because of programming negotiations. Specifically, where a provider’s negotiations related to the retransmission or carriage of video programming result in the provider failing to offer access to programming included in a customer’s subscription, the customer must be issued a rebate for the affected period. The Federal Communications Commission is directed to issue rules to this effect, including to establish the appropriate amount for such a rebate.  

NY S3237

Provides televisions in State buildings shall display closed captioning for programming.

NY SB93

Out-of-school Programming

NY HB05593

An Act Concerning Programming Offered By The Office Of Victim Services.

NY SF2289

Community cable television programming appropriation

NY HF2326

Safe and supportive schools programming requirements modified.

NY H106

To modernize funding for community media programming

NY S2556

To modernize funding for community media programming

Similar Bills

US HB2230

Independent Programmers Tax Incentive Act

CA SB576

Video streaming services: commercial advertisements.

CA SB96

Streaming services: commercial advertisements.

KS HB2670

Prohibiting video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than that of the main video streaming content in which such advertisement is placed.

CT SB00232

An Act Concerning Streaming Video Services And The Volume Of Commercial Advertisements.

IA SF2294

A bill for an act relating to the audio volume of commercial advertisements provided by a video streaming service, and providing penalties.(Formerly SSB 3012.)

MI HB5924

Communications: broadcasting; regulations regarding volume of commercial advertisements; provide for. Creates new act.

IA HF2047

A bill for an act relating to pricing disclosure of lodging, ticketing, and food platforms, and providing civil penalties.