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NCTA Unhappy with Martin’s Class-A Plan

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:50:01 -0500

National Cable & Telecommunications Association against FCC chairman’s plan to give class-A low-power-TV stations path to full-power TV citizenship.

NCTA Warns Copyright Office on Distant Signals

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:00:03 -0500

National Cable & Telecommunications Association urges Copyright Office not to change copyright-royalty-payment system.

Retrans Takes Over DTV-Oversight Hearing

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:00:00 -0500

National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow uses entire time at DTV-oversight hearing to focus on retransmission-consent negotiations.

NCTA Weighs In on Mobile, Fixed Devices

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:00:02 -0500

National Cable & Telecommunications Association pushes FCC on TV white spaces.

NCTA Supports MPAA Waiver Request

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:30:05 -0500

National Cable & Telecommunications Association: Motion Picture Association of America trying to offer new services that would benefit public.

NCTA Joins Comcast in Challenging FCC Cable Cap

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:11:00 -0500

And the legal hits against the FCC just keep on coming: The National Cable & Telecommunications Association Wednesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to let it join in Comcast's challenge to the FCC's decision to re-establish the cable horizontal-ownership limits.

NCTA’s McSlarrow Rips FCC at ACC’s Annual Meeting

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:41:00 -0500

National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow said the key policy issue for his industry regardless of who becomes president -- he personally supports Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) -- will be broadband deployment.

NCTA Sues FCC Over Leased-Access Rules

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:54:22 -0500

In what has become a parade of legal challenges to FCC rules, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association asked the D.C. Court of Appeals to throw out the FCC's decision to lower leased-access rights and tighten the rules.

McSlarrow Pushes Blanket Dual-Carriage Exemption for Small Opera...

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:52:28 -0600

National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow is pushing the FCC to grant a blanket exemption to smaller, bandwidth-constrained cable systems from its rule requiring cable operators to carry must-carry TV stations in both analog and digital, where necessary, after the Feb. 17, 2009 switch to digital.

McSlarrow: Martin’s Cable-Price Data Are Inaccurate

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:47:21 -0600

As promised, National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow sent a letter to the ranking members of the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee explaining why he thinks FCC chairman Kevin Martin is using inadequate cable-price data to create a picture that is incomplete and inaccurate.