McMorris Rogers to Speak at ACA Summit

The American Cable Association has added another top D.C. policymaker to its policy summit in Washington March 28-30.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Republican Conference, will speak at the summit March 29.

Also among the speakers at the event is Republican Federal Communications Commission member Michael O'Rielly and Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.).

The event combines panels, speeches and networking opportunities with a chance for ACA's medium and smaller operators to take their issues to the Hill and the FCC.

The ACA Summit will be at D.C.'s Grand Hyatt Hotel. Multichannel News is a co-sponsor of the event.

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.