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FCC Blocks Double-Dishing for Good

FCC Blocks 'Double-Dishing' for Good
No longer are satellite-TV providers able to split carriage of local television station signals on to separate dishes.



The Federal Communications Commission last week ruled that satellite-TV companies DIRECTV, DISH Network and any others cannot split carriage of local TV station signals on two dishes.



The ruling effectually reversed an earlier FCC decision that found EchoStar's requirement of multiple antennas to receive local signals as discriminatory. A statement released by the commission said, "We vacate the ruling to the extent that it said that split-market carriage could be lawful."



Some are calling the move a housekeeping measure to get in line with Congress, which changed the Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act in 2004 to prohibit the two-dish delivery of local stations.
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