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Transcript: SENATE APPROVES MCCAIN BILL TO HELP SATELLITE TV CONSUMERS
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- May 21, 1999
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 21, 1999
SENATE APPROVES McCAIN BILL TO HELP SATELLITE TV CONSUMERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate late yesterday approved by unanimous
consent
a bill to help satellite TV compete with cable, and to correct problems
that satellite TV customers now face in getting access to network
TV programming.
The Satellite TV bill, S.303, introduced by Senator John McCain (R-
AZ),
was passed as an amendment to Senator Orrin Hatch`s (R-UT) bill, S.247,
to amend the Satellite Home Viewers Act to give satellite TV providers
the copyright license they need to offer subscribers local TV stations.
The Senate approved S.303 language is identical to the bill which ...