Multicast Position Misconstrued, Says Stevens

MULTICAST POSITION MISCONSTRUED, SAYS STEVENS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) said Thursday he is not opposed to the FCC deciding to reverse its policy and require cable to carry all of a broadcast TV station's digital multicast signals. "It's their duty and I am happy to see them do it," he said. In a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Sen Stevens said that the press misinterpreted his remarks. On Wednesday Sen Stevens had said, in response to a question about Chairman Martin's pushing for the reversal: "We're hoping that, if it's going to be done, it's going to be done by Congress and not by the FCC. It's too easy to change at the FCC." Sen Stevens said Thursday that what he meant by that comment was that "eventually, we will try to put it into the law." "People should realize that it is a regulation that is subject to consideration by us when we get to consideration of the whole digital transition, and that has got to be one of the things that is put to rest, and it can only be put to rest by having a law that cannot be changed by other administrative decisions."
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