Now I see the purpose of the grossly erroneous maps on www.iwantmyhdtv.com -- Frank NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation By Ted Hearn -- Multichannel News, 9/24/2004 4:26:00 PM The cable and broadcast industries are teaming up to undercut an HDTV plan supported by EchoStar Communications Corp. that was included in satellite legislation awaiting a vote in the Senate. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the National Association of Broadcasters, in a letter Friday to two Senate leaders, complained that EchoStar's plan was "a government giveaway" that would injure local TV stations and put cable at a competitive disadvantage. The two-page letter was signed by NCTA president Robert Sachs and NAB president Edward Fritts and addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and ranking member Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). The bill (S. 2644) would permit satellite carriers to sell out-of-town HDTV versions of ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox to consumers around the country who can't get the same programming locally with off-air antennas... http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA455820?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.