Eshoo, Scalise Reintroduce Modern Television Act
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., refiled their Modern Television Act Thursday. The bill, first filed in the last Congress, would repeal parts of the 1992 Cable Act, including retransmission rules (see 1907290053). “Until we…
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modernize outdated video laws, blackouts will continue to happen while market prices surge,” Eshoo said. “Congress needs to finally modernize the outdated 1992 video laws that no longer fit today’s technology,” Scalise said. “Our bill brings back basic copyright protection laws, so that everyone gets paid for their products, and consumers get to choose whatever they want to buy, wherever they want to buy it, and watch whatever they want on any device they choose.” The American Television Alliance, AT&T and USTelecom praised the bill’s refiling. NAB opposed it.