BroadbandUS TV - BROADBAND COMPETITION: FACT OR FICTION?

February 28, 2012, 1:00-2:30 pm (Eastern)

BroadbandUS TV Coverage of the Super WiFi Summit

February 1-3, 2012, Miami, Fla.

BroadbandUS TV: Retransmission Consent, Round Two

January 26, 2012 - 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET

The latest cycle of retransmission consent negotiations is drawing to a close. The negotiations have been acrimonious, with significant rate hikes on the horizon. Cable and DBS continue to call for FCC retrans rules with some teeth, while broadcasters question why negotiations over broadcast carriage should be treated differently than other programming. In the meantime, the FCC has failed to issue its long-awaited new rules , but is now examining joint negotiations by unaffiliated stations. How will cable operators implement the rate increases, and how consumers react? Do blackouts remain a possibility? Is action by the Commission or Congress necessary or desirable? What effect will the new carriage rates have on the future of television? Co-hosts Jim Baller and Marty Stern have reassembled their highly popular panel of experts on retransmission consent for another lively debate on the economics and politics driving these issues.

BroadbandUS TV: 2011 Year in Review

12:30 P.M. EDT - December 16, 2011

The AT&T/T-Mobile merger, the FCC’s long-awaited Open Access and Universal Service reform orders, the Google and Gig-U gigabit initiatives, the National Broadband Plan, the Broadband Stimulus program, White Spaces and spectrum reform, SOPA/PIPA, and many other significant developments have made 2011 another extraordinary year for broadband in America and have set the stage for another big year in 2012. BroadbandUS TV hosts Jim Baller and Marty Stern and their guests in cooperation with National League of Cities TV, met on Friday, December 16, 2011, from 12:30-2:00 pm, for a lively review of 2011 and some bold predictions for 2012.

Google's Fiber for Communities: What's Next for the Winners and Other Communities?

September 23, 2011

BBUSTV:The Future of TV

July 14, 2011

BBUSTV:Poles and Holes

June 17, 2011

Broadband, Economic Development, and Jobs

April 28, 2011

Retransmission Consent - Time For a Complete Overhaul?

April 7, 2011