Exclusive: Barrett to Testify at Future of Video Hearing

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

According to sources in Washington familiar with the June 27
House Energy & Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee hearing on
the future of video, David Barrett will be standing up for broadcasters as one
of the witnesses at the hearing.

The Hearst Television President has been a go-to guy for
broadcasters defending their turf in Washington, including at FCC and Hill
hearings. Barrett received the Radio-Television Digital News Association's
First Amendment leadership award in 2011,
making a pitch for the future of video as a local service that broadcasters are
well-positioned to provide, and to continue to provide.

No word on who else will be witnesses. The list has not been
released.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.