Why you should attend
Attend this renowned program and hear cutting-edge analysis of federal initiatives and FCC regulations. Plus examine current case law, the latest technology forecasts, and market trends. Join the country’s leading outside and in-house counsel representing cable operators, cable programmers, municipalities, and online service providers - 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
- Does the convergence of voice, video, and data made possible by IP technology warrant a new blueprint for communications regulation?
- Does it still make sense to divide the Act into separate “silos” for broadcast, voice and cable services?
- Will the FCC’s net neutrality order survive appeal?
- Understanding cable’s role in wireless: current FCC wireless proceedings, unlicensed spectrum, and WiFi technology and franchise or local authorization requirements
- What are the copyright implications of streaming video for online distribution of programming?
- What is the significance of the ivi and Aereo decisions?
- What are the latest regulatory developments affecting cable’s voice business?
- Does the migration of set-top box functions to the cloud affect the risk of data breaches?
- Will the AllVid proposal promote video competition or just impose additional costs on consumers?
- Is the FCC implementing the CVAA in accordance with Congressional intent?
Who should attend
Practitioners in the field of cable and telecommunications law, state and local regulators, and executives of MVPDs and companies supplying cable video programming and technology, cable Internet, and voice technology.
Please plan to arrive with enough time to register before the conference begins. A networking breakfast will be available upon your arrival.
Day One: 9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
9:00 Program Overview
Tara M. Corvo, Howard J. Symons
9:15 Rewriting the Telecommunications Act: Addressing Convergence Issues
- Does the convergence of voice, video, and data made by possible by IP technology warrant a new blueprint for communications regulation?
- Does it still make sense to divide the Act into separate “silos” for broadcast, voice, and cable services?
- Should there be separate regulations for legacy providers and new entrants?
- Which of the Act’s requirements should be abandoned in today’s competitive environment?
James M. Assey, Peter B. Davidson, Roger Sherman, Gigi B. Sohn
10:45 Networking Break
11:00 Will the FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Survive Appeal?
- 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?
- Has the Net Neutrality Order disrupted providers’ ability to do business by creating legal uncertainty? Is it having any positive effects for consumers?
Samuel L. Feder, Carl W. Northrop, Matt Wood, Christopher S. Yoo
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session: 1:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
1:30 Cable’s Role in Wireless
- Why are the current FCC wireless proceedings of particular importance to cable companies?
- How will unlicensed spectrum figure in cable’s wireless plans?
- Should cable’s use of WiFi technology require a separate franchise or other local authorization?
- What is cable’s role in providing wireless services in the wake of the Verizon-SpectrumCo-Cox transaction?
Michele C. Farquhar, Michael H. Pryor, Rachel C. Welch
2:30 New Video
- Will Google Fiber, online video providers, and other new entrants be subject to franchising obligations? Should they be?
- What are the copyright implications of streaming video for online distribution of programming? What is the significance of the ivi and Aereo decisions?
- Would regulating online video distributors as MVPDs help or hurt them? What would it mean for traditional video distributors?
- Should providers be able to elect MVPD status?
Rick Chessen, Markham C. Erickson, Christopher E. Guttman-McCabe, Keith R. Murphy
4:00 Networking Break
4:15 Latest Regulatory Developments Affecting Cable’s Voice Business
- What is the appropriate intercarrier compensation regime for VoIP?
- How will universal service reform affect the prospects for competition in high-cost areas?
- What are the challenges in obtaining IP-to-IP interconnection?
Hank Hultquist, Jose M. Jimenez, Brian A. Rankin
5:15 Adjourn
Day Two: 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
9:00 Privacy
- What privacy issues are raised by behavioral and targeted advertising (video and Internet)?
- What type of customer consent should be required for participation?
- 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?
Cameron F. Kerry, Cynthia J. Larose, Christin McMeley, Daniel J. Weitzner
10:10
Networking Break
10:25
Developments in Cable Technology
- Will the AllVid proposal promote video competition or just impose additional costs on consumers?
- How does the AllVid CPE model square with the development of network-based features and functions?
- What is the impact of Google’s acquisition of Motorola on the future of set-top boxes?
- What are the policy implications of the increasing reliance by distributors on cloud-based services and functionalities?
Jud Cary, Paul Glist, Allison Greenwald Neplokh
11:25
What the New Disabilities Law Means for Your Business
- Is the FCC implementing the CVAA in accordance with Congressional intent?
- How do the new video description and Internet captioning requirements affect cable and broadband providers?
- What additional obligations are coming down the road for video programmers and distributors?
Diane Burstein, Karen Peltz Strauss
12:25
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
Diane Burstein ~ Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Jud Cary ~ Vice President of Video Technology Policy and Deputy General Counsel, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
Rick Chessen ~ Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Peter B. Davidson ~ Senior Vice President, Federal Government Relations, Verizon Communications Inc.
Hank Hultquist ~ Vice President -- Federal Regulatory, AT&T Services, Inc.
Jose M. Jimenez ~ Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Cox Communications, Inc.
Keith R. Murphy ~ Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel, Viacom, Inc.
Brian A. Rankin ~ VP, Chief Regulatory Counsel - Cable; Senior Deputy Counsel, Comcast Corporation
Roger Sherman ~ Chief Counsel-Democratic Staff; Staff Director for Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Committee on Energy & Commerce
Karen Peltz Strauss ~ Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Daniel J. Weitzner ~ Director, MIT Decentralized Information Group, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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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