Congress forces satellite HD feed of public channels

Yesterday, the US congress passed a bill with an amendment stating DISH Network must carry public/non-commercial broadcasting stations in HD.  Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) said that DISH Network needs to follow what DirecTV already does.  Eshoo said that she’s “given the company ample time to negotiate with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and should no longer be allowed to ‘discriminate’ against public broadcasting.”  Of course leave it to a Democrat from California to push hard for public broadcasting.  That will be her ace in the hole once election time rolls around again.  But I digress…I guess it would be only fair to have both satellite giants carrying public broadcasting in HD.