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Compliance Before the Rules
Putting the cart before the horse is how one panelist at The 2011 Independent Show characterized the FCC’s compliance requirements to EAS CAP (Emergency Alert System, Common Alerting Protocol) rules that have yet to be finalized. As Matt Polka, president of the ACA (American Cable Association) points out in this exclusive video interview filmed at…
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Independent Cable and Telcos – More Alike than Not
Matt 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 the ACA membership consists of independent telcos. In his talk, he likened ACA members to David and big media to Goliath and that ACA has…
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Hyper-Local Content – An Interview with ACA’s Robert Shema
Rural 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). Robert Shema, Chief Operating Officer for the American Cable Association, talks of the importance of local content and suggests that many small operators are providing…
