Front groups for the broadcast and pay-TV industries...
Front groups for the broadcast and pay-TV industries trumpeted what they saw as victories in statements following the Tuesday Senate Communications Subcommittee hearing (CD April 2 p4) on Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization. The American Television Alliance, representing…
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pay-TV interests, lauded key Democrats who “recognize that now is the time to act to update our video rules,” it said in a statement. “Consumers should not have to wait several more years for new rules, especially given that those rules may be outdated by the time they are actually made law. STELA provides an immediate opportunity to help protect consumers.” TVFreedom, representing various broadcaster interests and preferring a clean STELA reauthorization, issued a statement praising Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., for her attacks during the hearing on pay-TV billing practices. The billing experience McCaskill has encountered, wherein she discovered extra charges applied to her bill that she should not have had to pay, “infuriates” her, she said, asking witnesses from the FCC and DirecTV about the billing and what can be done. McCaskill doubts STELA will encounter any “smooth sailing” through the Senate, she said.