SHVIA Clears House

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

The House passed the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act SHVIA Wednesday While the bill kiboshes the double-dish construct used by EchoStar for local channels it allows out-of-market signal importation of significantly viewed channels to continue. In our age of technological globalization we need to create an environment where all of our citizens from Times Square to the most rural point in Texas have the opportunity to stay informed of national and world events said House Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton R-Texas . Satellite programming

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