Here's Your #INTX2016 Cheat Sheet
Whether it’s your first or 10th time at the show, here’s a cheat sheet for #INTX2016 to help you get the most out of this year’s Internet & Television Expo. Stay Connected With so much going on, make sure to stay connected on social media so you don’t miss a minute. Use the hashtag #INTX2016 to share your favorite moments from the show, and give everyone back home a severe case of FOMO (fear of missing out). Before you get to Boston, we suggest you do the following: Download the official INTX 2016 App Create your own schedule, check out speaker profiles, or even pull up a map of the
Is the FCC’s Set-Top Box Plan Technology Neutral? Spoiler Alert: It’s Not
At a press conference following the FCC’s April 28 public meeting, Chairman Wheeler took the opportunity to call out NCTA for raising concerns about his proposal that would impose significant new rate regulation on competitive providers of business data services. According to the Chairman, the cable industry has long advocated technology neutral regulation and he suggested we were being hypocritical when we questioned his purportedly technology neutral approach to business data services. We explained in response that the Chairman was incorrect and that NCTA had long advocated a technology
It’s No Coincidence That INTX Is in Boston This Year …
There’s no better place for INTX to be this year than in Boston. Why? Well, when you think of digital media, technology and the future, Silicon Valley is usually the first place that comes to mind. But did you know that Boston is a mecca for one of the liveliest technology ecosystems in the country? Besides being the east coast home to giants like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and the headquarters of homegrown Akamai, Boston is ripe with start-ups and smaller incubators in new media. Mayor Marty Walsh often speaks of further developing innovation districts within the city, so it’s no
TED Speakers to Demonstrate the Power of Disruption at INTX
Leading creators and visionaries. Connections and conversations. Places of free thought. If you’ve been to INTX before, then you know the show is more than just a showcase containing digital experiences. It’s about the bringing together of innovative minds, and creating the learning opportunities that unleash the great ideas of tomorrow. That’s why it’s fitting that for this year’s theme of “Harnessing Disruption: Turning Today’s Chaos into Tomorrow’s Growth,” TED will be there to demonstrate the power of this motto. For the first time at INTX, TED speakers will descend on Boston to lead a
CommScope Talks on Delivery of Gigabit Speeds
An Interface by Any Other Name…
Over the last ten years there has been an explosion in devices, apps, and content marketplaces, all champing at the bit to deliver ever-improving TV experiences. This revolution has birthed the terms cord-cutter, cord-shaver, and cord never. It’s disrupted the way content is traditionally distributed and completely redesigned the interfaces we use to watch TV. It may seem superficial, but these interfaces may be the most critical part of the modern streaming video experience. Whether you’re using a Roku, an Apple TV, an Amazon Fire, a Chromecast, or one of the dozens of other streaming boxes
INTX 2016 is About Bigger Names, Better Ideas, and Greater Disruption
The line between the Internet and Television is fading fast. What was once two competing ways of getting news, information, and to connect, have truly become one. This new media economy is giving not only the companies who are growing and developing it all new challenges, but it’s giving the people who use it and enjoy it amazing new opportunities. INTX is the place where all of the ideas, people, devices, and platforms that define today’s Internet and entertainment experience will come together and decide what comes next. Will you join us? After all, this isn’t about what we can bring you –
Competition, Neutrality, and Other Words That Don’t Mean Price Regulation
At Thursday’s meeting, by a 3-2 party line vote, the FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on a new rate regulation regime for business data services. In the lead up to that vote, NCTA made clear that we object to the proposal because it radically departs from four decades of bipartisan policy by proposing to regulate the rates of new facilities-based entrants. That such an approach would deter investment and competition seems obvious, but apparently not to this FCC. At the meeting and the subsequent press conference, Chairman Wheeler defended his proposal on
Regulating the Insurgents
If there's one regulatory principle that has largely been inviolate over the past forty years, it is that new entrants should not be subject to rate regulation. FCC leaders through the decades have consistently recognized that incumbent-style rate regulation of new entrants only serves to discourage the investment necessary to spur competitive entry and the deployment of new and innovative services for American consumers. Until now. On Thursday, the FCC is poised to seek comment on a new regime for regulating commercial communications services traditionally known as “special access,” now
Winter is Coming for Set-top Boxes: How Game of Thrones and the FCC’s Set-Top Box Proposal are Intertwined
Last night, HBO’s wildly popular Game of Thrones returned for its sixth season. We won’t provide any spoilers for those who haven’t yet watched the show but we will highlight an aspect of the show that is important for tech policy and the FCC’s set-top box mandate. That aspect is how the show can be watched via so many sources, from different providers, as part of different packages and on many different devices. Last night, you could have watched Game of Thrones via the following devices besides the TV in your living room–smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, streaming set-top boxes like Roku