Study Group: FCC Broadband Experts: Lawyers
Council Members in this Study Group: 38
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Dana FrixPartner and Co-Chair, Telecom, Media & Technology
CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP
Dana Frix is a Corporate Partner at New York-based Chadbourne & Parke and is Chair of the firm's Washington, D.C. based communications, media and technology practice. Mr. Frix counsels clients on corporate, public policy, regulatory and antitrust matters...
Kathleen AbernathyPartner
WILKINSON, BARKER, KNAUER, L.L.P.Kathleen Q. Abernathy is the Partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP in Washington, DC, where she advises clients on a wide variety of policy and regulatory issues related to the telecommunications and media fields. Previously, she served as Commissioner...
- Deborah Lathen
President
Lathen Consulting, LLCDeborah Lathen is President of Lathen Consulting in Washington, DC, where she specializes in providing services to telecommunications and media companies. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director of the Board of Directors of British Telecom. Previously,...
- Thomas Navin
Partner
WILEY REIN LLP
Thomas Navin is Partner at Wiley Rein LLP. Previously, he was Chief of the Federal Communication Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau. Mr. Navin played a key role in developing national policies governing broadband networks, VOIP services, local telephone...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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CAN FCC CHAIRMAN MARTIN GO WHERE NO CHARIMAN HAS GONE BEFORE?
November 12, 2007
Analysis by: Deborah Lathen, President,FCC Planning Rules to Open Cable Market | www.nytimes.com
Cable companies will continue to lose subscribers to AT&T and Verizon. They will have to share more of their programming with their competitors on nondiscriminatory terms and the FCC will scrutinize their deals much more closely than it has in the past. Comcast will be barred from acquiring any other cable companies, while AT&T maybe able to acquire Echostar making it even more competitive against cable. Martin will continue to push for a la carte programming which destroys the cable business model. Increasing the pressure may cause cable to negotiate some type of a la carte compromise. For broadcasters this "pro- consumer" agenda may mute some of the opposition to eliminating the ban on multiple media outlet ownership in major markets, thus providing some relief to Tribune and possibly expediting their merger. Expect greater restrictions on cable companies ability to expand. Finally, it isn't clear how much of this will with stand court scrutiny.
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October 26, 2007
Analysis by: Deborah Lathen, President,Clinton Martin a ticket on MDU's | www.multichannel.com
Implications are that Verizon is making progress in freeing up the MDU market which in New York according to Clinton accounts for 20 million people. This means as I previously stated Verizon will target Cable's premium customers. The Clinton letter of support is good news for Verizon and bad news for cable companies, especially Cablevision and Time Warner, key New York players, who may face loss of subscribers and increased marketing costs to retain customers. This is one to watch very closley.
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Verizon's regulatory strategy for capturing cable's premium customers.
October 25, 2007
Analysis by: Deborah Lathen, President,verizon's FiOS Challenges Cable's Clout | online.wsj.com
This article is important because the implications are beyond the privatization of Cablevision. FiOS may have a more immediate impact on the sale price of Cablevision, but the other cable companies are at risk of seeing their most lucrative subscriber base shrink. That base consist of urban dwellers. The core group that Verizon is targeting; Verizon has the advantage of not having to service sparsely populated or low rate of return areas where cable companies provide services. However, three key impediments challenge Verizon's success: (1) access to multiple dwellings units (MDUs) (large residential buildings; (2) access to regional sports programming and (3) access to "must have" programming at competitive rates. Verizon is in the midst of executing a regulatory strategy which may bring their desired results sooner than anticipated.
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Verizon, AT&T and RCN winners if FCC bans exclusive contracts in apartment buildings.
October 24, 2007
Analysis by: Deborah Lathen, President,Martin:Time to Kill Exclusive Cable MDU Deals | dtv.broadcastnewsroom.com
Verizon, AT&T and RCN are behind a push at the FCC to end exclusive contracts in apartment buildings which both cable companies and landlord's have found to be quite lucrative.
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Martin's Media Ownership Battle--Can he succeed where Powell failed?
October 24, 2007
Analysis by: Deborah Lathen, President,Obama critical of FCC plan to speed up media review | money.cnn.com
Most of the major newspapers reported last week that the Federal Communications Commission would vote on December 18 to eliminate rules which bar media companies from owning radio, TV and newspapers in the same market, commonly referred to as the cross ownership ban. Lifting the ban, could make it more likely that the Tribune and Clear Channel deals might close before the end of the year, because both deals contain components that violate the cross ownership ban. Tribune has been seeking a waiver of the rules, but this is a tedious and uncertain process.
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Law Firm (general practice/large)
- Law Firm (Boutique / Specialized)
- Advocacy Group or Issue Focused
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Partner
- Legal Counsel
- President