Adelphia Communications Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America

Opinion for the court by GINSBURG, Circuit Judge.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Adelphia Communications petitions for review of a Federal Communications Commission regulation governing the rates that a cable system operator may charge for a discounted package of premium programming, i.e., a package of channels and programs that may also be purchased individually. Having concluded that the Commission acted within its authority under the Cable Act to impose such a regulation, and that the Commission acted reasonably in adopting the regulation, we deny the petition.

I. Background

Eight years after…