| PM Powerless To Stop Rise In Cable Bills |
| Wed, May 16, 2018 |
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And while future price shocks are expected for fuel - your cable bill may also shock you next month. The Cable Television Operators say they are forced to increase the monthly subscription to basic cable by 33%, or fifteen dollars. So, you can expect your June cable bill to go up to $60.00 monthly, inclusive of GST.
The Prime Minister who has broadcasting in his portfolio says it is to be expected, basically because when it comes to pirating signals from satellite "free paypa bun":...
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"I don't think it's unilateral. I believe the broadcasting authority has agreed that this is legitimate and as I understand it is because the owners of the copyrighted material that the cable broadcasters peddlers their fare to Belizeans. Those owners have said that the free rise is over and that the cable companies in this country must pay for the material for onward transition and if they must pay, then their subscribers clearly have to pay as well."
"It's in fact a matter of confronting what was always inevitable. We must have known that sooner or later, to some extent it turned out to be later, happily - sooner or later the free ride would end."
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