[opendtv] NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation
- From: Eory Frank-p22212 <Frank.Eory@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:17:05 -0700
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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