Category: Content
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U.S. Small Business Administration: Government’s “Best Kept Secret”
“Don’t be afraid to question underlying standard procedures.” This was part of the message delivered by Michael Hershey, Associate Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration during his address to the American Cable Association’s 25th Annual Summit in Washington, D.C. on March 21st. The message could apply to both federal regulators, as well as…
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FCC Commissioners Talk USF, Infrastructure at ACA Summit
Federal Communications Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly participated in a panel discussion at the American Cable Association’s 25th Annual Summit. Broadband infrastructure and the Universal Service Fund (USF) were major topics of conversation. Held in Washington, D.C. on March 21, the session was moderated by Tina Pidgeon, the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs…
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Pai: Closing Digital Divide is FCC’s “Top Policy Priority”
CAF II Auctions, Reduced Regulations Are Highlights of FCC Chairman’s Address to ACA Summit Closing the digital divide and reducing regulations were hallmarks of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s March 21st keynote address to the American Cable Association’s 25th Annual Summit. His began his remarks by commenting on how small cable companies have evolved…
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Rural Broadband PPP Infrastructure Opportunities
The following is the transcript of an interview with Ross Lieberman, SVP of Government Affairs for the American Cable Association, at NCTC’s WEC18 conference in San Antonio. Lieberman talks about barriers to rural broadband and opportunities for various public-private partnerships to speed broadband deployment in hard-to-serve areas. Viodi: Tell us about ACA’s broadband infrastructure plan…
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Viodi View – 01/05/18
As a preview of the types of things that can be expected at next week’s International CES, this issue is devoted to Viodi interviews from International CES2017 published in the last two weeks. The topics covered in the videos referenced below range from Mobility to IoT/Smart Home to Content Production Tools to Fashion Technology. Go…
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Redl Highlights Rural Broadband in First Address as NTIA Chief at Telecoms Symposium
“Creative Destruction” and Net Neutrality covered by panels of economists, lawyers David Redl, the newly-minted Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), put rural broadband front and center while making his first public remarks since being sworn into his new office. His keynote address…