Publication Type: Statement
Date: 9/24/2009CONTACT: Rob Stoddard/Brian Dietz, 202-222-2350
“We applaud the leadership of Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Sessions and their effort to gain committee approval of the Satellite Television Modernization Act. We strongly support the bill’s effort to promote continuity and to include important language that resolves the so-called ‘phantom signal’ issue. We greatly appreciate the Committee’s support of the resolution which is fair to both copyright owners and distributors, and look forward to working with the Senate and House to enact the Satellite Television Modernization Act into law this year.”
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NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access, serving more than 40 million customers, after investing more than $145 billion to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 20 million American consumers.