[opendtv] Re: NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation

You are confusing your anecdote with the major impact of the maps as applies
to other markets.  Are you now complaining that the level terrain in your
state puts Illinois at a disadvantage?

John Willkie

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Eory Frank-p22212 wrote:
> 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
>
>


I don't understand this. The maps grossly overestimate the
coverage area of stations in our area. Would not EchoStar
want to UNDERestimate the coverage area?

Doug McDonald


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