NCTA: Government Has No Need to Step In to Spur Video Competition

Reiterating that the video marketplace is "diverse, dynamic, and fiercely competitive," the National Cable & Telecommunications Association told the Federal Communications Commission again that the government has no need to step in to further spur video competition or give cable's satellite and telco competition an "unfair regulatory advantage." That came in reply comments to the FCC's "annual" video competition report. Annual is in quotes because the FCC in January issued a three-years overdue report and is in the process of trying to catch up with the intervening years by collecting that data and input in order to roll the reports into one. NCTA urges the commission to conclude in its video competition report that the goal of a "highly competitive video marketplace" has been achieved.