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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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Hopeful with Lots of Opportunity at the ACA Summit with Patty Boyers
“We have a lot of hope; we have a lot of opportunity,” is how Patty Boyers of Boycom Cablevision describes her outlook regarding her business and the community she serves. She points out that small operators are the best catalyst for bringing broadband to rural areas. Implicit in her comments is that the smaller operators…
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Ideas for More Efficient Regulation
“Do our rules help or hurt innovation,” said FCC Commissioner, Ajit Pai at the 2013 ACA Summit. Pai was talking about the dynamic nature of the telecommunications and video industry and how it is important that regulations stay current. He has a number of ideas the FCC can implement without Congressional action, including setting and…
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Rethinking Regulation With a Telecom Thought Leader
“It ain’t 1992 and it ain’t 1996,” said Paul Maxwell of MediaBiz at the America Cable Association’s 20th Anniversary Summit in Washington D.C. Maxwell was referring to a telecom environment that has changed from one of silos to one of a converged network with converged services. He suggests a two-tier regulatory environment, with different rules for…
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North to Alaska – Broadband Around the 49th State
Alaska is a state like no other in terms of geographic size, topography, climate and low population density. Many of its communities are isolated and air or sea travel are sometimes the only ways to get to those locales. In this context of physical isolation, the communications infrastructure is especially critical. As pointed out by…
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Looking North for Ideas to Solve Programming Woes
Ensuring the voices of the smaller independent television distributors (e.g. cable, telco, municipal operators) and the voices of their customers are heard among policy makers and vendors is what the CCSA (Canadian Independent Communications) does. In this release, the voice of the CCSA voice is heard in its firm opposition against the proposed merger of…
