One network is opposing the must-carry legislation supported by o...
One network is opposing the must-carry legislation supported by other broadcasters. Executives of The Inspiration Network, which carries religious shows, met last week with members of Congress to argue against multicast must-carry mandates, it said in a statement. The…
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network met with 5 House Energy and Commerce Committee members or staffers, senior Vp-marketing John Roos told us. Executives could not meet with Rep. Joe Barton (R- Tex.), chmn. of the panel, which someday may address the issue (CD July 8 p1), Roos said. “We wanted to meet with more people, we were very fortunate to get the meetings that we did,” Roos said: “They've got a lot of other issues.” Multicast legislation would harm “independent cable networks like ours who must compete for carriage,” the programmer, which reaches 22 million homes, said Thurs.