Broadcasters received an early St. Patrick's Day gift on March 16 when the House Telecommunications Subcommittee passed the markup of the Tauzin Amendment to H.R. 3636 with a unanimous voice vote. The amendment grants broadcasters flexible use of the transition channel for ATV. Subcommittee Chairman, Representative Edward Markey, decried "Only those who created the Communications Act in 1934 have accomplished as much as we achieved here in 1994," hailing it as the most significant communications policy change in 60 years.

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