Recent FCC filing by NAB concedes EchoStar has met must- carry ob...
Recent FCC filing by NAB concedes EchoStar has met must- carry obligation, company said Mon. Fact that NAB filed petition for modification or clarification (CD Jan 7 p4) instead of complaint for failure concedes compliance, EchoStar said. However, it…
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said NAB was wrong to ask FCC to modify rules to impose additional obligations on EchoStar. It said NAB’s continuing aggressive actions showed it cared more about scoring political points than serving members or consumers. “If the FCC were to accede to the NAB’s latest tactics to modify existing rules, limited bandwidth would force EchoStar to entirely terminate local channels in a number of markets it currently serves,” filing said. EchoStar CEO Charles Ergen said company compliance program should “please the NAB and its members.” Ergen said if EchoStar’s pending takeover of Hughes Electronics were approved, it would be able to provide service to 100 markets, but said NAB was “absurdly” against deal.