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September 2023

Streamers launch first official trade group

The world's biggest streaming companies are coming together to launch the industry's first coalition, the Streaming Innovation Alliance (SIA). The streaming industry has faced few regulatory threats over the past decade, but that's changing as more television consumption moves to digital. The new group is led by two former policymakers acting as senior advisers: former Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) and former Democratic Federal Communications Commission Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn [a member of the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Board of Directors].

Sponsor: 

20MM and Microsoft

Date: 
Tue, 10/24/2023 - 10:00 to 11:30

Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements have begun to transform social interaction and business operations. Such rapid transformations beg the question: How do these innovations affect the existing digital inequities that separate those with access to the technology from those without? How do we bridge that divide? 


FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging Illegal Online-Marketplace Monopoly

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon, alleging the online retailer illegally wields monopoly power that keeps prices artificially high, locks sellers into its platform, and harms its rivals. The FTC and states alleged that Amazon violated antitrust laws by using anti-discounting measures that punished merchants for offering lower prices elsewhere.

Trump Threatens to Investigate Comcast For 'Treason' if Reelected

Former President Donald Trump said that if he's reelected, Comcast will be "thoroughly scrutinized" for the "one-side [sic] viscous coverage" of its NBC News unit, "particular [sic] MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC (Democrat National Committee)." Further, Trump said MSNBC should be investigated for "Country-Threatening Treason," and also threatened to pull its broadcast license. 

The Fifth FCC Commissioner

Anna Gomez is the newest, and fifth, Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission. This may allow the FCC to pursue a Democratic agenda to tackle various issues:

Sponsor: 

Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy

McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University

Date: 
Tue, 10/17/2023 - 09:30 to 12:30

The NTIA is hard at work developing the National Spectrum Strategy that many expect to be shared publicly sometime this Fall. The World Radio Conference (WRC-23) commences in November in Dubai.  Meanwhile, Congress has still not restored the FCC’s auction authority. Our session takes place at a unique moment of time for the business and policy realms shaping the future of U.S. digital economy.


Sponsor: 

Cooperative Broadband Coalition

Date: 
Wed, 09/27/2023 - 08:00 to 16:35

Fiber-to-the-home is transforming rural Oklahoma. We are bringing rural broadband providers together to discuss opportunities for better serving rural Oklahomans.


Possible Revision or Elimination of FCC Rules

The Federal Communication Commission invites the general public to comment on the Commission’s rules to be reviewed pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980. The purpose of the review is to determine whether rules that the FCC adopted in calendar years 2007–2012 should be continued without change, amended, or rescinded in order to minimize any significant impact the rule(s) may have on a substantial number of small entities.

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