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Leveling the Playing Field #WEC20
An uneven playing field is how Matt Polka describes the negotiations between ACA Connect’s smaller members and large broadcast groups for off-air programming. Polka points out that rules for retranmission consent were created in a different era when broadcasters were typically locally owned and not part of larger, nationwide, multi-station, media conglomerates (e.g. what Congress…
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Connecting and Moving Forward
Matt Polka, President & CEO of ACA Connects, provides highlights of some of the issues discussed on a panel he moderated at Calix’s 2019 ConneXions. Featuring ACA’s legal counsel, Tom Cohen, and NTCA’s VP of Industry Affairs and Business Development, this panel looked at the issues broadband operators face in Washington D.C. Polka focuses on…
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ACA Connects – A New & More Accurate Name
Connecting people in various ways is what ACA Connects and its members have been doing for more than two decades. At its 26th Summit yesterday, Matt Polka announced the name change from the American Cable Association to America’s Communications Association (aka ACA Connects). In the above interview, Polka points out that they purposely kept technology…
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Unique Opportunity for Retrans Reform & More #WEC2019
Speaking at NCTC’s 2019 Winter Educational Conference, American Cable Association Sr. Vice President, Ross Lieberman, suggests an idea for retransmission consent reform that may get some traction in the halls of Congress. The essence of the idea is that broadcasters would charge consumers for programming, instead of using the MVPD (Multichannel Video Program Distributors, e.g.,…
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When the Skinny Bundle Goes Off a Diet
ACA’s Ross Lieberman points out that at this morning’s FCC Open Commission meeting, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn referenced INSP in the discussion of independent video programming and ensuring viewers have choice. At TIS16, we caught up with INSP’s Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Distribution, Mark Kang, where he spoke to the new world of content that…
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A Spaghetti Plate Full of FCC Rules
Set-tops, broadband privacy and retransmission consent rules were some of the topics discussed on a panel at The Independent Show moderated by ACA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Ross Lieberman. In the above interview, Lieberman provides highlights of the panel: He reiterates ACA’s estimate that the costs of implementing the order could mean the closure…
