Senate Commerce Committee Not Looking to Make Retrans Consent Part of SHVERA

Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters State Leadership Conference, Senate Commerce Committee senior legal counsel Jessica Rosenworcel said the Committee is not looking to make retransmission consent reform part of the review of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reathorization Act (SHVERA). "If you are in the course of retransmission consent negotiations and a significant number of broadcasters decide to pull their signals," she told a crowd of broadcasters Tuesday. "it will heighten the level of attention this issue gets on Capitol Hill if viewers are caught in the crossfire of [disagreements] that may be very legitimate that broadcasters are having with video programming providers."