Public TV Presses DBS Multicast Case

PUBLIC TV PRESSES DBS MULTICAST CASE
[SOURCE: Multichannel News]
Public television stations want Congress to require carriage of all local public channels’ digital signals. The Association of Public Television Stations said its members will personally lobby on Capitol Hill to amend Section 338 of the Communication Act so that “must-carry” obligations extend to all high-definition and other digital programming broadcast by public TV stations. APTS has a multicast carriage agreement with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and said it expects a similar agreement to be concluded soon with the American Cable Association, representing smaller operators. APTS also has a multicast carriage agreement with Verizon Communications for the FiOS TV service but has been unable to reach a deal with AT&T. EchoStar and DirecTV aren't carrying any public television digital signals, except for a few public TV stations broadcasting solely in digital.
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