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The Message Is Being Heard
Congress is beginning to hear the message of the challenges small operators and their customers face with regards to retransmission consent, sports programming, program access and broadband regulation, according to Ross Lieberman of the ACA. Filmed at the 2013 ACA Summit, Lieberman gives a preview of a panel he was part of at the MTA…
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Aereo Ruling – Opportunity for Broadband Providers?
“Over the next few years, expect to see more Congressional hearings and, maybe, an uptick in FCC activity depending upon who the next [FCC] Chairman is,” said Barbara Esbin of the law firm, Cinnamon Mueller. She was speaking at the 2013 MTA Convention regarding video programming access by cable and telephone operators and, even though…
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The Sports Bubble
Are we getting to the point where the economics of sports cable programming is no longer sustainable? That is, the high salaries of professional athletes combined with the ever-high fees from leagues flow through to the consumer, and, at some point, significant numbers of customers may cut the video cord (in this scenario, the remaining…
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MDUs – Challenges and Opportunities
The term MDU – Multi Dwelling Unit – often conjures images of high-rise apartments in cities. As John Price, president and owner of M3 – Multifamily Media Management, points out in this interview, MDU applies to more than just apartment buildings in urban areas. Student housing, campgrounds, hotels/resorts, marinas and senior housing, which Price indicates is…
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Bridging the Devices Inside and Outside the Home
Harmonizing the disparate devices in the home and making it simple for service providers to be the IT manager of consumers’ home networks is what Melissa Simpler of Affinegy discusses in this interview at the Smart Energy Summit. She explains how the TR-069 standard and its Auto Configuration Server (ACS) reaches beyond the home and…
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Laws Need to Keep Up With Technological Change
“Once you get broadband, then you want better broadband,” said Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) in this interview filmed at the American Cable Summit. He pointed out that small operators are challenged to continue to improve their network to keep up with demand and provide the service their customers require. He suggests that lawmakers need to…
