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Submitted: July 6, 2010 - 9:30pm
Originally published: July 6, 2010
Last updated: July 6, 2010 - 9:31pm
Originally published: July 6, 2010
Last updated: July 6, 2010 - 9:31pm
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Hill, The
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Sara Jerome
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Capitol Building, East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Rep Anna Eshoo (D-CA) criticized DISH Network's move on July 1 to take the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to court over a requirement that it carry public broadcasting signals in high definition (HD) by next year.
"If DISH has room to carry pornography, they can find room for PBS," Eshoo said. She wrote the amendment creating the HD requirement, which became law in May as part of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010. The provision forces satellite providers to carry non-commercial stations in HD by 2011 in any market where they carry a station in HD. Rep Eshoo said that DISH's decision is "an affront to their customers" who "expect and deserve" the service.
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Finally, a cable network devoted to the two things American does really well! Let's just hope that they don't go looking for cross-pollination: I have no desire to see Jim Lehrer cavorting in the Victory Garden.