Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on "Reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act"

Feb 20, 2009

The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a hearing titled, "Reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act" at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee is required to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act by the end of the year.

A summary of the hearing is available.

The following witnesses have been invited to testify:

  • Bob Gabrielli, Senior Vice President, Broadcasting Operations and Distribution, DIRECTV, Inc.
  • Charles W. Ergen, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of DISH Network Corporation
  • Martin D. Franks, Executive Vice President, Policy, Planning and Government Relations, CBS Corporation
  • Willard Rowland, President and CEO, Colorado Public Television
  • K. James Yager, CEO, Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC
  • Gigi B. Sohn, President and Co-Founder, Public Knowledge
  • W. Kenneth Ferree, President, Progress & Freedom Foundation
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Hearing on "Reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act," Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet (February 24, 2009)

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