McCain Plugs Limited Must-Carry for DBS.(John McCain; direct broadcast satellite)
Multichannel News, September, 1998 by Hogan, Monica
WASHINGTON -- Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is circulating draft legislation that would phase in must-carry on direct-broadcast satellite carriers that opt to offer local-TV signals. The cable and broadcast industries opposed that approach, saying that DBS companies should comply with full must-carry requirements from the outset.
The McCain bill -- a cooperative effort with Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) -- is unlikely to pass this year because of more pressing Senate business in the five weeks left before lawmakers recess for the campaign. The bill would permit DBS carriers to offer local-TV signals, but full must-carry would not take effect until Jan. 1, 2002. Hatch's contribution would set...
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