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Hendricks: Supreme Court struck down FCC cable network restrictions as unconstitutional
“The Supreme Court decided that the FCC restrictions that prevented the creation of cable networks were Was not constitutional, and the Supreme Court held that anybody who wanted to start a cable network was a First Amendment speaker”
Hendricks: Discovery Channel's initial financing round was $2 million
“We closed on our very first Round of financing was two million dollars.”
Hendricks: Early 1970s Cable Was Legally Restricted to Retransmitting Broadcast Signals
“Cable was around, so this would have been probably around 1972 or 73, but cable was Really a community antenna. There are a lot of places in America that couldn't receive a good broadcast signal. Either they were down in the hollows or they were in urban areas…”