Big 4, Affiliates, NAB Join in Protest Letter

BIG 4, AFFILIATES, NAB JOIN IN PROTEST LETTER
[SOURCE: TVWeek, AUTHOR: Doug Halonen]
The Big 4 TV Networks, their affiliate associations and the National Association of Broadcasters on Thursday sent a joint letter to all federal legislators protesting what they consider to be effort by direct broadcast satellite operator EchoStar Communications and the American Cable Association to kill retransmission consent. Under retransmission consent regulations originally established by a 1992 law, cable TV and satellite operators can be required to negotiate for the right to carry broadcast signals. In their letter the broadcasters said EchoStar and the ACA have been urging lawmakers to give them the right to carry broadcast signals for free.
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* See NAB letter
http://www.nab.org/images/xertimages/corpcomm/pressrel/031606_Retrans_Letter.pdf