Media Center
NCTA maintains an ongoing effort to keep the news media abreast of important developments in the cable and telecommunications industry. As part of this effort, NCTA regularly issues Media Releases to inform the news media about industry issues and activities. For more in-depth coverage of complex issues the NCTA provides Issue Briefs. For media releases about the industry's educational efforts, visit the Cable in the Classroom Press Room. 
Please direct all media inquiries to:
Rob Stoddard, SVP, Communications & Public Affairs
Brian Dietz, Vice President, Communications
Joy Sims, Director, Media Relations
202-222-2350
Recent Media Releases & Statements
11/5/2009
NCTA ASKS FCC TO ELIMINATE UP TO $2 BILLION IN WASTEFUL UNIVERSAL SERVICE SPENDINGAbstract: With evidence that as much as $2 billion in government funding is being used to subsidize telephone companies in rural areas where ample competition already exists, NCTA today submitted a proposal to the FCC that could reduce this unnecessary spending and potentially direct the funding to programs that would promote broadband deployment and adopti...Publication Type: Media Release
11/5/2009
NCTA RENEWS CALL FOR CREATION OF NATIONAL DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY PROGRAMAbstract: Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), today called on the federal government to dedicate significant broadband stimulus funding to create and maintain a national digital media literacy program.Publication Type: Media Release
10/29/2009
NCTA, CABLELABS® AND SCTE TO CO-HOST INDUSTRY’S PREMIERE SPRING TECHNICAL EVENTAbstract: NCTA, CableLabs® and SCTE to Co-Host Industry’s Premiere Spring Technical EventPublication Type: Media Release
10/29/2009
WALTER KAITZ FOUNDATION DINNER RAISES MORE THAN $1 MILLION FOR CABLE DIVERSITY PROGRAMSAbstract: Walter Kaitz Foundation Dinner Raises More Than $1 Million for Cable Diversity ProgramsPublication Type: Media Release
10/22/2009
STATEMENT OF NCTA PRESIDENT & CEO KYLE MCSLARROW REGARDING THE FCC’S ADOPTION OF AN “OPEN INTERNET” NPRMAbstract: The FCC has voted to adopt an “Open Internet” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM.Publication Type: Statement