[opendtv] NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation

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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

 
 
 
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