WASHINGTON, DC - NAB President and CEO David Rehr has sent this letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.). Citing "frequently-repeated misinformation" supplied by the cable industry, Rehr corrected the record on a number of issues surrounding multicast must carry.
"In the digital world, cable systems can easily carry additional local programming from broadcasters without impinging on non-broadcast programming. This would be consistent with the intent of Congress for more localism and greater diversity in programming," said Rehr in the letter.
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