Suzanne Scott of FOX News Media and CommScope’s Chuck Treadway Join NCTA Board; Other New Officers Named
Washington, DC – NCTA Chairman of the Board Pat McAdaragh, Chair & CEO of Midco, has welcomed Suzanne Scott, CEO of FOX News Media, and Chuck Treadway, President and CEO of CommScope, to NCTA’s Board of Directors. Scott will serve as an At-Large Programmer Director and Treadway will serve as an Associate Director. Treadway is replacing CommScope’s Frank Drendel who has retired and stepped down from NCTA’s Board after serving for more than three decades. In addition, Tom Rutledge, Executive Chairman of Charter Communications, is retiring and has stepped down as NCTA’s Vice Chairman of the Board
Statement of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding the FCC's Digital Discrimination Order
"Congress gave the FCC a clear and important directive – ensure that all Americans have non-discriminatory access to high-quality broadband infrastructure. That is a goal the cable industry fully supports and has a proven track record of delivering, offering state-of-the-art broadband throughout our service areas regardless of income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin. "Instead of implementing Congress’ focused directive, the FCC is instead asserting expansive new authority over virtually every aspect of the broadband marketplace, including pricing, marketing
Statement of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding the National Spectrum Strategy
“The National Spectrum Strategy appropriately recognizes the critical role that unlicensed spectrum and dynamic sharing solutions will play in making more spectrum available for commercial use and promoting innovation and competition across the marketplace for wireless services. While we acknowledge and support the Administration’s reaffirmance of this principle, we are concerned that further studies of the lower 3 GHz band could set aside the substantial contributions of the two‑year, multi-stakeholder study that already occurred, and threaten and delay the adoption of viable spectrum sharing
Statement of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding the White House Request for More Affordable Connectivity Program Funding
“As the nation continues the important mission of connecting every citizen to reliable high-speed internet service, the Affordable Connectivity Program has been one of the most successful voluntary initiatives ever, helping over 21 million households so far. The cable industry is proud to support these efforts and welcomes the Administration’s request for additional funding that will extend this worthy program, help get all Americans connected to the internet, and encourage further broadband expansion.”
Statement of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding the FCC’s Digital Discrimination Proceeding
“The cable industry is proud of its history of offering next-generation broadband internet throughout its service areas. Through decades of investment and billions of dollars in private capital, the industry has built high-speed networks that are widely available and has continuously upgraded the technology and the quality of offerings, regardless of income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin. “The proof is in the pudding. As NCTA filed in the record, cable broadband providers offer gigabit service in their service footprints to: 99.5% of homes and businesses in areas
Statement of Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding the FCC’s Net Neutrality Proceeding
"With today’s vote, the FCC unfortunately has placed politics over sound policy and fiction over facts, and we are now embarking on yet another unnecessary and distracting net neutrality proceeding. By introducing the most sweeping command and control framework ever imposed on broadband networks, the FCC’s proposal is a monumental change in how the internet will be regulated and will dramatically affect how it will work going forward. "Today, free markets determine the price ISPs charge for service. But under the proposed rules, the FCC would have the power to determine if rates are “just and
Statement of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding Senate Confirmation of FCC Commissioners Carr and Starks
“We congratulate Commissioners Carr and Starks on their confirmation to serve another term as FCC Commissioner and will continue to work with them and the entire Commission on policies that promote innovation, investment and competition in today’s modern digital marketplace.”
Statement of Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association – The FCC’s Plan Is a Blow to Delivering Internet for All
“The FCC has made clear its desire to launch new net neutrality rules, surfacing new ever-shifting rationales. The original justification for accessing sweeping Title II authority has become obviously thin. ISPs continue to invest heavily, build ever-faster networks, and have kept those networks open. For two decades, there has been only one two-year period in which the FCC applied Title II to the internet, yet the internet has been open throughout because it makes business sense to offer it that way. “The proposed rules may complicate, if not deeply upset, our collective efforts to bring
Report Finds Impressive Energy Efficiency Gains for Home Internet Devices
The average weighted power of new modems, routers and other internet equipment purchased and sold in 2022 for U.S. residential broadband subscribers decreased by 12% from 2021, as a result of the industry voluntary agreement for small network equipment (SNE) led by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and CableLabs. Since the agreement was implemented in 2015, energy efficiency of new internet equipment has improved by 87% when measured relative to average broadband speeds, according to a new independent audit report issued by D+R
Title II "Net Neutrality" Broadband Rules Would Breach Major Questions Doctrine
Former Obama Administration Solicitors General identify legal barrier to utility regulation of the internet and suggest alternate paths for net neutrality. A new report by Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. and Ian Heath Gershengorn.