Leave STELA Alone – Walden Doesn’t Want Retrans Mixed with Satellite Laws

The industry got a very clear edict from House Communications chmn Greg Walden (R-OR): Don’t try to use STELA as a vehicle for retrans change. Instead he urged those with retrans concerns to participate in the Communications Act update process, just announced on Tues. Here’s what Walden said in a speech before a Hudson Institute panel on retrans and other comments from panelists.

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