On April 8, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Supplemental Notice of Inquiry for its Fourteenth Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, as required by Congress. The Supplemental Notice of Inquiry ("Supplemental NOI") continues the process of preparing the Commission's next Annual Report to Congress on the state of video competition. The Thirteenth Annual Report, released on January 16, 2009, covered a period ending in June 2006. At the same time, the Commission released a Notice of Inquiry ("2007 NOI") soliciting comment and information as of June 30, 2007 for the next report. The Supplemental NOI, in conjunction with the 2007 NOI, will permit the Commission to collect information for a combined report for 2007, 2008, and 2009 and will allow us to bring our reporting up to date. The Supplemental NOI asks commenters to provide updated information on all of the questions and issues raised in the 2007 NOI. It requests data, where possible, as of June 30, 2008, and June 30, 2009. It also asks questions and requests information about significant developments since June 30, 2007.
