DTV News for 6-8-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 6-8-2006
985 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

US senator prefers Congress act on TV multicasting
If U.S. cable companies are going to be required to carry extra channels from broadcasters, the mandate should come from Congress not regulators
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... ING-DC.XML

Congress Bigs Rap FCC Chair On Multicast
Powerful congressional leaders on Wednesday weighed in against Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's plans to force cable operators to carry all digital broadcast channels
(MediaWeek)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent ... 1002650191

Barton, Upton to Martin: No Multicast Mandates
Multicast must-carry would violate communications law and the Bush administration