MEDIA ROOM

[Background: Today the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum on Expanding America's Leadership in Wireless Innovation and released the Four Years of Broadband Growth report.]

Three Day Event Brought Together Government Leaders, Media and Technology Executives and Hollywood Producers

Michael Powell's talk at The Cable Show 2013 Monday General Session.

[Background: The official announcement of the ConnectED initiative can be found here.]

Convention Agenda Tops at 53 Sessions, 290 Speakers WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today announced the participants for the three general sessions at The Cable Show 2013, the U.S. cable industry’s premier national event, on June 10-12, 2013, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal government officials, Capitol Hill staff and other policy leaders will offer their perspective on a wide range of communications, technology and other policy issues during The Cable Show 2013, the U.S. cable industry’s premier national event, on June 10-12, 2013, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

"We believe that the Court of Appeal’s unanimous ruling in the Tennis Channel case provides important guidance for the Commission concerning the need to construe and apply the statute narrowly, as Congress intended. This is particularly true in light of today's highly competitive video marketplace and the First Amendment interests at stake. As Judge Kavanaugh wrote: "In restricting the editorial discretion of video programming distributors, the FCC cannot continue to implement a regulatory model premised on a 1990s snapshot of the cable market.'"

"We applaud U.S. House passage of this important legislation which seeks to promote the successful multi-stakeholder model that governs the Internet today and to prevent unwarranted government intervention. Adoption of this bill sends a strong message to policymakers around the world that a free and open Internet is vital to democracy, commerce, education and our overall well-being."

Opening Statement of NCTA President & CEO Michael Powell before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet during a hearing titled, "The State of Video."

"In a thriving marketplace that is constantly providing consumers with new services and features, a government-mandated a la carte system is a lose – lose proposition.  As countless studies have demonstrated, subscription bundles offer a wider array of viewing options, increased programming diversity and better value than per channel options. In today’s video marketplace, consumers enjoy m