abstract:Leased access is airtime that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandates must be provided by cable operators (such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable) for use by independent cable programmers and producers who are not owned by the operators. Leased access airtime may be purchased on specialty channels by individuals or groups with E&O insurance for the purposes of airing television programming content, usually local programming.
At Commons question time on 3 February 2011, MPs from all sides of the House pressed ministers to guarantee that the public would still be able to access England's national forests after the land had been sold or leased.