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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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Retransmit This, If You Can
The 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…
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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…
