[opendtv] Re: NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:40:06 -0700
Forged or fraudulent or negligent? (No other choices are possible.)
Charlie Ergen can't offer those maps in court -- they'd be ruled
inadmissible due to the lack of integrity in the process. However, if he
(instead of paying his installers a reasonable amount of money in a
reasonable time frame for installs) puts some money in to the political
system and offers his dishonest maps to Congress, maybe he can get "his"
HDTV.
John
P.S. Charlie Ergen's plan is breathtaking -- he wants the U.S. government
to reimburse the stations for the loss of their exclusivity (required by the
Regulatory Takings Act of 1994) so that HE can personally benefit. He may
be approaching a new definition of chutzpah.
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Subject: [opendtv] NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation
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
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