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Dish Network sues FCC over noncom HD carriage mandate
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Dish Network is suing the Federal Communication Commission over the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which requires the satTV provider to deliver noncom stations’ HD signals by next year, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The suit, filed last week (July 1) in Las Vegas where Dish is incorporated, seeks a temporary restraining order and injunction against the FCC’s enforcement of the Act. “This is not a case about whether PBS provides important and worthwhile programming or should receive funding from the government,” Dish said in a statement. “Dish highly values PBS programming … This case is about who gets to make the editorial judgment whether to carry local PBS stations in HD — Dish or the government.”