This is a webcast of the live New York session.Why you should attend
Attend this renowned program and hear cutting-edge analysis of federal initiatives and FCC regulations. Plus, examine the latest negotiation trends, current case law, and the latest technology forecasts. Join the country’s leading outside and in-house counsel representing cable operators, programming networks, and online video distributors - and the regulators themselves - to gain an understanding of what has transpired in broadband and cable law over the past year, and of where we might be heading.
What you will learn
- Should new video entrants be subject to traditional cable regulation?
- Do advances in cable and broadband technology raise new privacy issues?
- Should the FCC’s net neutrality order survive appeal?
- How does the existence of so many new distribution platforms affect affiliate deals?
- What are the latest regulatory developments affecting cable’s voice and wireless businesses?
- What are cable operators’ and programming networks’ latest obligations under the CVAA?
Who should attend
Practitioners in the field of cable and telecommunications law, programming network executives negotiating affiliate deals, state and local regulators, and executives of MVPDs and companies supplying video programming and technology, broadband services, and voice technology.
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Cancellations
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All times are E.S.T.
Day One: 9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. (E.S.T.)
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (E.S.T.)
9:00 Program Overview
Tara M. Corvo, Howard J. Symons
9:15 How Do New Video Entrants Fit Into Today’s Regulatory Scheme?
- Should new entrants get the benefit of program access and other rights of MVPDs? Would regulating online video distributors as MVPDs help or hurt them? What would it mean for traditional video distributors?
- Does the entry of OVDs warrant a reconsideration of the current regulatory scheme for incumbents?
- Should providers be able to elect MVPD status?
- What is the significance of the Aereo and ivi decisions?
James M. Assey, Peter B. Davidson, Markham C. Erickson
10:45 Networking Break
11:00 Privacy
- What privacy issues are raised by behavioral and targeted advertising (video and Internet)?
- Should video and online services be subject to the same privacy rules?
- Do advanced set-top boxes raise any new privacy issues?
- Does the migration of set-top box functions to the cloud affect the risk of data breaches?
- Do “large platform providers” like ISPs present different privacy risks than social networks and search engines?
Rudy Brioché, Justin Brookman, Cameron F. Kerry, Cynthia J. Larose, Daniel J. Weitzner
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session: 1:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (E.S.T.)
1:30 Will the FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Survive Appeal? Should It?
- Are the FCC’s factual and legal bases for the Order credible?
- Does the Order go far enough to curb potentially discriminatory behavior by providers? Should content providers have been covered too?
- Has the Net Neutrality Order disrupted providers’ ability to do business by creating legal uncertainty? Is it having any positive effects for consumers?
- What are the likely responses by Congress and the FCC if the Order is struck down?
Samuel L. Feder, Gigi B. Sohn, Christopher S. Yoo, Barbara Esbin
2:45 New Issues Arising in Affiliate Deals in A Multiplatform Era
- What new deal issues are raised by distribution to online video distributors?
- Does distribution over mobile platforms raise new considerations?
- Is there a role for platform exclusivity?
- Is there any role for the FCC to set parameters for permissible dealpoints?
Jeffrey Cross, Clifford S. Harris, Michael Nilsson, Karen M. Reabuck
4:00 Networking Break
4:15 Latest Regulatory Developments Affecting Cable’s Voice Business
- Will universal service and intercarrier compensation reform withstand challenges in the 10th Circuit?
- How will roll out of Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II affect the prospects for competition in high-cost areas?
- What is the appropriate role for regulators in IP-to-IP interconnection and the development of all-IP networks?
- How are competitors affected as ILECs abandon their copper networks for fiber and wireless alternatives?
Hank Hultquist, Jose M. Jimenez, Brian A. Rankin
5:15 Adjourn
Day Two: 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (E.S.T.)
9:00 Latest Developments in CVAA Implementation
- Is CVAA implementation proceeding according to Congressional intent?
- What are the new requirements for user interfaces and programming guides?
- Should the FCC redefine what a “video clip” is for purposes of IP closed captioning?
- What additional obligations are coming down the road for video programmers and distributors?
Diane Burstein, Karen Peltz Strauss, Andrew S. Phillips
10:00 Networking Break
10:15 Developments in Cable Technology
- What are the regulatory and policy implications of moving to gateway-client and cloud-based distribution technologies?
- Will the FCC try to impose new technology rules in the wake of EchoStar v FCC?
- What are the compliance implications of the industry Voluntary Agreement on energy efficiency?
Jud Cary, Paul Glist, Allison Greenwald Neplokh
11:15 Cable’s Role in Wireless
- What current FCC wireless proceedings are of particular importance to cable companies?
- How will the upcoming “incentive auction” of broadcast spectrum affect cable?
- What are the prospects for getting more spectrum allocated for unlicensed use?
- Does cable’s WiFi service compete with or complement mobile broadband offered over licensed spectrum?
- Should cable’s WiFi service require a separate franchise or other local authorization?
Rick Chessen, Michele C. Farquhar, Rachel C. Welch
12:15 Adjourn
Co-Chair(s)
Tara M. Corvo ~ Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Speaker(s)
James M. Assey ~ Executive Vice President, National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Rudy Brioche' ~ Executive Director and Public Policy Counsel, Comcast Corporation
Justin Brookman ~ Director, Center for Democracy & Technology's Project on Consumer Privacy
Diane Burstein ~ Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Michelle M. Carey ~ Deputy Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Jud Cary ~ Vice President of Video Technology Policy and Deputy General Counsel, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
Shawn H. Chang ~ Senior Democratic Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
Rick Chessen ~ Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Jeffrey Cross ~ SVP Legal - Global Distribution at Discovery Communications, Discovery Communications, LLC
Peter B. Davidson ~ Senior Vice President, Federal Government Relations, Verizon Communications Inc.
Clifford S. Harris ~ Senior Vice President-Law, Programming, Cablevision Systems Corporation
Hank Hultquist ~ Vice President, Federal Regulatory, AT&T Services, Inc.
Jose M. Jimenez ~ Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Cox Communications, Inc.
Brian A. Rankin ~ Vice President, Chief Regulatory Counsel - Cable; Senior Deputy Counsel, Comcast Corporation
Karen Peltz Strauss ~ Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Christopher S. Yoo ~ John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science; Founding Dir., Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School
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