FCC's Martin Phones In on Video Franchising
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin told an audience of telecommunication industry professionals the Commission plans to discuss video franchising issues in its November meeting, and suggested some sort of regulatory action may result.
More pleasing words could not be heard for many in attendance here. The video franchising issue has been increasingly on the minds of telcos and their equipment vendors in recent months as RBOCs like SBC Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. move closer to large-scale rollouts of their video products.
Traditionally, video service providers (to date, cable companies) have been required to obtain local-level franchises in each market where they sell video. It is a rigorous and costly process, and one the telcos would very much like to avoid.
Rest assured a full-court press by telco lobbyists is under way to pass legislation creating a state-wide video franchise or no franchise at all.
posted by Fergie @ 10/27/2005 10:31:00 AM
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