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NAB backed a report supporting the notion that retransmission consent is an important revenue stream “that sustains a locally oriented system of broadcasting that is the envy of the world,” it said Friday in a news release (http://bit.ly/1pY1aoQ). It’s “sadly…

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ironic” that while the rest of the world contemplates adopting a retransmission consent system to improve video programming offerings for their viewers, “there are some in the U.S. Congress seeking to dismantle ours,” it said. NAB referred to a report by economist Jeffrey Eisenach (http://bit.ly/1D1ceMh). The report “decisively disposes the arguments of those seeking to change or eliminate retransmission consent,” NAB said.