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Article: DIRECTV Applauds Passage of Satellite Home Viewer Act; Bill Allows Satellite TV Companies to Deliver Local Broadcast Network Channels.
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- November 22, 1999
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 1999--
DIRECTV, Inc. today applauded Congress for passing the "Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999." The bill permits improved competition between satellite carriers and cable operators.
The bill allows satellite TV companies -- for the first time -- to offer local broadcast network channels, and it also provides a five-year reprieve to hundreds of thousands of consumers who were scheduled to lose distant network signals as the result of a federal court decision earlier this year.
"The passage of this legislation is a tremendous win for consumers and ushers in a new era for satellite TV," ...