John Conyers: “I am pleased that the way things have worked out. We are revising the satellite compulsory license law to allow…”

“I am pleased that the way things have worked out. We are revising the satellite compulsory license law to allow companies to retransmit local news, weather, sports, safety announcements. In other words, local-to-local service can now be had and will allow the satellite industry, in addition, to compete with cable to get better services, more choices and lower rates for consumers. We also carry the famous "must carry" provision, and that will ensure that satellite companies that choose local-to-local service will give their customers all and not just some of the local channels, thereby broadening the choice consumers have in programming.”