Writers Guild of America, West is “opposed to...
Writers Guild of America, West is “opposed to the reauthorization process being used to undermine competition in the set-top box market,” Director-Research and Public Policy Ellen Stutzman plans to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing Wednesday at…
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10 a.m. in 226 Dirksen. “Consumers currently have too little choice when it comes to their MVPD [multichannel video programming distributor] set-top box and weakening Section 629 of the Communications Act by repealing the ‘integration ban’ is a move in the wrong direction.” The guild supports a clean reauthorization, she will say. “This Committee should take a hard look at whether the ’temporary’ Section 119 distant signal license should be allowed to expire as scheduled and as originally intended by its creators,” Schurz Communications Senior Vice President-Broadcasting Marci Burdick, a board member of NAB and speaking on its behalf, plans to say. “If, however, this Committee determines that an extension of the distant signal license is warranted, we ask that any reauthorization not serve as a vehicle for new laws that undermine the future of our free, locally-focused broadcasting system.” Also testifying are Dish Network Senior Counsel-Regulatory Affairs Alison Minea and Public Knowledge Senior Staff Attorney John Bergmayer.