Herring High on AT&T/DirecTV

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Count Charles Herring among those supporting an AT&T/DirecTV merger.

According to FCC documents, Herring, president of Herring Networks (AWE and One America News Network), met with Republican commissioner Ajit Pai to sing the praises of telco video in general and AT&T in particular. Herring talked about the "positive experiences and the fair consideration extended by the Telco video providers when seeking distribution, including and specifically AT&T U-verse TV," which carries the channel.

He urged the FCC to act swiftly to approve the proposed merger.

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.