{"id":7499,"date":"2014-07-23T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2014-07-23T07:53:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T11:53:16","slug":"house-passes-stela-reauthorization-with-latta-provision-to-eliminate-set-top-box-integration-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/house-passes-stela-reauthorization-with-latta-provision-to-eliminate-set-top-box-integration-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"House Passes STELA Reauthorization with Latta Provision to Eliminate Set-Top Box Integration Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4572, the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), which included a provision authored by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), Vice Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, and Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) to eliminate the current set-top box integration ban. STELA\u2019s passage will ensure more than one million satellite television subscribers do not lose access to programming at the end of this year when the current authorization is set to expire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3X6d5NcRgFY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=UUVSBVHoWu-eWnBBQaMKZ_sQ\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur priority in reauthorizing STELA has always been to ensure a continuity of service for satellite subscribers,\u201d said Latta. \u201cHowever, it also represents a critical step forward in modernizing our communications laws to reflect today\u2019s dynamic and competitive communications marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am especially pleased that the legislation included a provision I sponsored to eliminate the integration ban. Repealing this outdated technological mandate will foster greater investment and innovation in the set-top box market, and more importantly, will help decrease the cost of video delivery to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTELA underscores a bipartisan commitment to ensuring that our communications laws maximize the potential for investment, innovation and consumer choice, and I commend Chairmen Upton and Chairman Walden for their leadership in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4572, the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA),<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2301,11],"tags":[2591,2592,2593],"class_list":["post-7499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-government-legal","tag-bob-latta","tag-satellite","tag-stela"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-1WX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 10:15:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}