Innovation Versus Regulation in the Video Marketplace

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
House Commerce Committee
Wednesday, September 11
2 p.m.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/innovation-versus-regulation-vid...

Increased competition and evolving technology have made for a more robust video marketplace but current laws and regulations vary depending on the technology used for delivery. The hearing is an extension of the ongoing work of the subcommittee to examine the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), portions of which are set to sunset on December 31, 2014. Previously the subcommittee has examined whether STELA still serves an important function or if it is out of step with today’s video marketplace and are discussing whether Congress should reauthorize the law as is, allow it to lapse, or revise it.