House May Take the Lead On STELA Legislation

摘要

According to industry sources, the Senate plans to let the House take the lead this time around on legislation renewing-or not, as the case may be-the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA). If so, the bill would most likely not deal with retrans or other contentious issues that could tie it up even more than it no doubt would be. Broadcasters seek a clean reauthori-zation of the bill-if the alternative is a referendum on retrans-while cable operators and multichannel video programming distributors are generally looking at STELA as the vehicle for what they say is needed reform.