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14th July 2010, 01:36
Dish Network has taken the Federal Communication Commission to court over the congressional mandate to deliver noncommercial stations' HD signals by next year.
The suit was filed in a U.S. District Court in Las Vegas Thursday, where the satellite operator is incorporated. DISH is seeking a temporary restraining order and injunction against the FCC from enforcing the congressional mandate, which the company argues violates its First Amendment right to chose its own programming.
"This is not a case about whether PBS provides important and worthwhile programming or should receive funding from the Government," said the company. "DISH highly values PBS programming, and, in fact, carries more local PBS stations than any other pay television provider in the country. This case is about who gets to make the editorial judgment whether to carry local PBS stations in HD -- DISH or the Government."
Read more:
http://www.multichannel.com/article/454414-Dish_Sues_FCC_Over_Noncom_Mandate_Report.php?rssid=20062
The suit was filed in a U.S. District Court in Las Vegas Thursday, where the satellite operator is incorporated. DISH is seeking a temporary restraining order and injunction against the FCC from enforcing the congressional mandate, which the company argues violates its First Amendment right to chose its own programming.
"This is not a case about whether PBS provides important and worthwhile programming or should receive funding from the Government," said the company. "DISH highly values PBS programming, and, in fact, carries more local PBS stations than any other pay television provider in the country. This case is about who gets to make the editorial judgment whether to carry local PBS stations in HD -- DISH or the Government."
Read more:
http://www.multichannel.com/article/454414-Dish_Sues_FCC_Over_Noncom_Mandate_Report.php?rssid=20062