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-“In all honesty, there are many things I wish I had done, but I leave now with a lot of nice people on both sides of the aisle saying nice things about me. That probably wouldn’t be the case if I were chairman. The good news for Tom Wheeler is: Congratulations, you’re going to be chairman. The bad news is: You’re going to be chairman.”
Excerpt from the parting comments of FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell whose last day at the FCC is today. McDowell announced that he is going to join the Hudson Institute as a visiting fellow, joining former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth in HI’s Center for the Economics of the Internet.
-“Mr. President, today I am introducing the Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013. This legislation has three principal objectives: 1) encourage the wholesale and retail ’unbundling’ of programming by distributors and programmers; 2) establish consequences if broadcasters choose to ‘downgrade’ their over-the-air service; and 3) eliminate the sports blackout rule for events held in publicly-financed stadiums. For over 15 years I have supported giving consumers the ability to buy cable channels individually, also known as ‘a la carte’ – to provide consumers more control over viewing options in their home and, as a result, their monthly cable bill. The video industry, principally cable companies and satellite companies and the programmers that sell channels, like NBC and Disney-ABC, continue to give consumers two options when buying TV programming: First, to purchase a package of channels whether you watch them all or not; or second, not to purchase any cable programming at all. This is unfair and wrong – especially when you consider how the regulatory deck is stacked in favor of the industry and against the American consumer. This is clear when one looks at how cable prices have gone up over the last 15 years, which is brought to light by the most recent Federal Communications Commission pricing survey.”
Excerpts from the floor remarks of Arizona Republican Senator John McCain when introducing his cable TV legislation.
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2013 Meetings
(you must be a member to attend)
APRIL 17 & 18
PTA Spring Conference
State College, PA
JUNE 6
PTA Small Company Mtg.
State College, PA
JULY 8-10
PTA's 111th Annual Convention
Hershey, PA
OCTOBER 8 & 9
PTA Technical Showcase & Conference
NOVEMBER 21
PTA Small Company Mtg.
State College, Pa
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