Congress is handing traditional broadcasters a surprise victory in a contentious, multimillion-dollar TV lobbying fight
Congress is handing traditional broadcasters such as CBS and ABC a surprise victory in a contentious, multimillion-dollar TV lobbying fight by letting key parts of a 31-year-old satellite TV law die.
Broadcasters opposed reauthorizing STELAR, arguing the law is obsolete and maintains an outdated subsidy that discourages satellite TV providers from negotiating to secure local broadcast channels for some of these rural customers. The move may please President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly attacked AT&T and unsuccessfully sought to block its acquisition of Time Warner, which owns CNN. This summer, hethat people should stop subscribing as a way to "make big changes" at CNN, which he has blasted as biased against his administration.
The law has generally been the source of contentious spats over the future of the TV marketplace, with lawmakers often clamoring to hitch unrelated TV marketplace proposals to a must-pass vehicle — which broadcasters fear could unsettle the rules related to reimbursements for programming that are central to their revenue.
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