Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Edward Markey, a longtime supporter of pubcasting, is shifting between subcommittees of the powerful House Energy and Commerce committee. He's vacating his chair of Communications, Technology and the Internet to head up Energy and Environment. Replacing him will be
Virgina Rep. Rick Boucher, an advocate for President-elect Barack Obama's government funding for rural broadband. Boucher is currently sponsoring a bill to provide government subsidies for rooftop antennas to help viewers through the DTV transition.
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