American Cable Association Ditches Cable
Small, mid-size cable lobbying association now America Communications Association.
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ACA Seeks Modifications to Broadcast Carriage Election Rules
Organization wants to ensure rules do not burden small operators.
FCC OK With Gray/Raycom Merger
As expected, Gray Television has now received both FCC and Department of Justice approvals for its $3.6 billion acquisition of Raycom Media.
ACA: DOJ Needs to Keep Leash on Comcast-NBCU
Company counters that association is just looking for commercial leverage.
ACA: MVPDs Should Get Priority Access to Repack Funds
Says FM's, LPTVs should not be guaranteed share of 2019 $400 million in funds.
Rep. Scalise Tries Again to Repeal Must-Carry, Retrans Regime
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) Monday (July 23) launched another effort at massive communications deregulation, one he has been pushing for most of a decade, so far without success.
Broadcast, Cable to FCC: C Band Sharing Needs More Study
NAB, NCTA, ACA, NPR defend their distribution "backbone"
FCC Waives Graphics-Related CVAA Rules for Broadcast, Cable
The FCC has granted analog-only cable systems a permanent waiver from from the requirement to provide audio description of non-textual emergency info, like maps or radar sweeps.
Pai to Keynote 25th ACA Summit
The American Cable Association has announced that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will be a keynote speaker at the 25th ACA Summit, which is slated to take place from March 20-22 in Washington, D.C.
ACA Threatens Reconsideration Petition on ATSC 3.0 Authorization
The American Cable Association today advised the Federal Communications Commission it will keep a watchful eye on broadcasters to find instances during retransmission negotiations in which broadcasters demand its members carry their ATSC 3.0 signals and promised to file a Petition for Reconsideration of the FCC order authorizing next-gen OTA TV transmission if they do.
ACA Alleges Broadcaster Hypocrisy on ATSC 3.0
Many broadcasters are excited about the opportunities that the Next Gen standard ATSC 3.0 is likely to produce, but the case is made in a recent letter from the American Cable Association to the FCC, that excitement could lead to detrimental actions to viewers.
ACA to Hill: ATSC 3.0 Rollout Could Hurt Emergency Alerts
In a letter to the chair and ranking members of the House Communications Subcommittee, the American Cable Association raised the concern that ATSC 3.0 could potentially hurt, not help, emergency alerts.
Small Cable Ops Have ATSC 3.0 Questions
Small cable operators want to know how they would fit into a the proposed voluntary ATSC 3.0 adoption scheme.
FCC’s O’Rielly to Address ACA Summit24
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly will be one of the speakers at the ACA’s 24th annual policy summit that will take place in Washington D.C. in March.
ACA Praises FCC’s Video Description Services Improvements
Significant strides have been made with video description services that are available to the blind and visually impaired says the American Cable Association in a filing with the FCC.
ACA Hires Mary Lovejoy as VP of Regulatory Affairs
New VP of Regulatory Affairs position to strengthen legal and policy advocacy.