House Sets Video Hearing Witnesses

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The House Communications Subcommittee has released its witness list for the Sept 11 hearing on "Innovation Versus Regulation in the Video Marketplace," which is expected to deal specifically with the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which comes up for renewal at the end of 2014, as well as the associated hot-button issue of retrans--the FCC's good faith negotiating provision is part of STELA and would sunset without renewal.

One of the witnesses will be doing double duty--R. Stanton Dodge from DISH. He is also testifying at a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on STELA the day before.Also on tap for the House Communications Subcommittee hearing are Edward L. Munson, Jr.of KPHO-TV; David Rozelle, ofSuddenlink Communications; James Campbell of CenturyLink; Sandra Aistars from the Copyright Alliance; and John Bergmayer, Public Knowledge.

STELA is expected to be the most likely congressional vehicle for retrans reform.

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.