Upcoming event
The Technological Advisory Council will introduce the 2019 TAC members and discuss status of the 2019 TAC work program.
The FCC will attempt to accommodate as many people as possible. However, admittance will be limited to seating availability. Meetings are also broadcast live with open captioning over the internet from the FCC Live web page at http:// www.fcc.gov/live/.
The hearing will examine how television programming and the delivery of video content have evolved over the past decade.Witnesses will discuss how new entrants in the video marketplace and the development of digital programming and streaming services have impacted consumer viewing habits and preferences. The hearing will also examine existing laws governing the video marketplace and their role in fostering access to content and promoting competition, localism, and diversity of viewpoints.
Witnesses:
Witnesses
Gordon H. Smith
President and CEO
National Association of Broadcasters
Robert D. Thun
Senior Vice President of Content and Programming
AT&T Mobility and Entertainment
Patricia Jo Boyers
President and Vice Chairman of the Board
BOYCOM Vision
John Bergmayer
Senior Counsel
Public Knowledge
It’s been almost ten years since the Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan and policymakers continue to bicker over the best way to catalyze the expansion of broadband networks to remote and sparsely populated areas. A number of programs aim to fill the access gap including a revitalized FCC Universal Service program, a new mapping effort, new and old state and local programs, and the possibility of funds from a federal infrastructure stimulus. And, despite a long list of failed government efforts, some continue to advocate for the government to con
The Board will vote on a consent agenda consisting of the minutes of its March 6, 2019 meeting, USAGM Social Media Policy, USAGM Smith-Mundt Guidelines, a resolution honoring the 65th anniversary of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty’s Belarus Service, and a resolution honoring the 15th anniversary of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks’ Alhurra Television and Alhurra-Iraq Television.
The Board will receive a report from the USAGM’s Chief Executive Officer and Director.
People often focus on the consumer market benefits of 5G — the enhanced speed, higher quality video streaming and efficiency — but the advancement in wireless connectivity also presents a whole new set of opportunities and challenges for the enterprise.
In 2017, the FCC voted to abolish net neutrality protections, which ensure that we, not the companies we pay to get online, get to choose what we do online. This event will explore what we lost, why it matters, and what’s happening with efforts to restore those protections in the courts, the states and Washington, D.C.
The agenda of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's (BDAC) first meeting will be to introduce the BDAC members, describe the working groups, assign members to working groups, and begin discussing how to accelerate the deployment of broadband by reducing and/or removing regulatory barriers to infrastructure investment. The BDAC will also receive a status report from the Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group.
This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the BDAC Chair and the Designated Federal Officer (DFO).