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Retransmit This, If You Can
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe Fox-Cablevision dispute may signify when things start to change in terms of the retransmission consent/must-carry rules, so said Matt Polka of the American Cable Association at MTA’s Video Peer Group meeting in Nisswa, MN. Retransmission legislation was a catalyst for the birth of the American Cable Association some 18 years ago. He pointed out that this high-profile dispute has wide-ranging consequences and could affect the Comcast-NBC merger as well as be a catalyst that determines whether the broadband content market moves to a wholesale model. -
Independent Cable and Telcos – More Alike than Not
Posted on March 3, 2010 | No CommentsMatt Polka of the American Cable Association gave the keynote speech at the 2010 MTA Convention. He emphasized the commonalities between independent telcos and independent cable operators. Some 40% of... -
Hyper-Local Content – An Interview with ACA's Robert Shema
Posted on November 19, 2007 | No CommentsRural cable operators and the independent telco probably have more in common with each other than they do with the larger urban MSOs and RBOCs (if that term still applies)....




































