Witnesses Set for STELA Hearing

Congress prepares to start satellite carriage reauthorization marathon

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/11/2013 10:25:23 AM

The witness list has been set for the Feb. 13 hearing on the reauthorization of the Satellite Extension and Reauthorization Act, the law that allows satellite operators to import distant affiliated TV station signals into local markets.

The law does not expire until the beginning of 2015, but the process has traditionally been a long and contentious one.

The witnesses are Eloise Gore, chief of the FCC's enforcement bureau; R. Stanton Dodge, executive VP and general counsel, Dish; Lonna Thompson, executive VP, Association of Public Television Stations; Michael O'Leary, senior executive VP, Motion Picture Association of America; and Jane Mago, executive VP, National Association of Broadcasters.