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July 2018

AT&T's John Tankey: HBO Must Aim for More Engagement, Data Collection

Change is coming to HBO, now that it is part of the AT&T corporate family. John Tankey is a longtime AT&T executive who now oversees HBO in his new role as chief executive of Warner Media. He told employees that HBO would have to become more like a streaming giant to thrive in the new media landscape. Stankey described a future in which HBO would substantially increase its subscriber base and the number of hours that viewers spend watching its shows.

Final reports and recommendations of the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee

Reports and recommendations that have been made to the Federal Communications Commission by Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC). These final reports and recommendations, adopted by the BDAC, were submitted to the BDAC by the following working groups:

  • Competitive Access to Broadband Infrastructure (adopted January 23, 2018; Addendum adopted April 25,2018)
  • Removing State and Local Regulatory Barriers (adopted January 23-24, 2018)
  • Streamlining Federal Siting (adopted January 23-24, 2018)
Sponsor 

Federal Communications Commission

Date 
Thu, 07/26/2018 - 14:00 to Fri, 07/27/2018 - 22:00

The Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee will consider and vote on reports and recommendations from its Harmonization Working Group to harmonize the Model Code for Municipalities and Model Code for States adopted by the BDAC on April 25, 2018. In addition, the Ad Hoc Committee for Rates and Fees will give a presentation. The BDAC will also discuss its next steps. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the BDAC Chair and the DFO.


Sponsor 

AT&T

Date 
Tue, 07/10/2018 - 14:00

The Policy Forum at AT&T is hosting an in-person, in-depth discussion on FirstNet and the efforts currently underway to build, deploy, and operate the first-ever nationwide public safety broadband network. Chris Sambar, Senior Vice President, AT&T, FirstNet Program will provide the keynote address.


Sponsor 

USTelecom and NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association

Date 
Wed, 07/11/2018 - 18:00

A webinar featuring the authors of a new research paper describing in economic terms the costs of building and supporting a broadband network. The conversation will center on the critical role rural subsidies play in assisting service providers to deliver broadband to high-cost areas and how best to ensure subsidies are properly targeted and efficiently distributed.

Presenters

Steve Parsons, PhD, President, Parsons Applied Economics
James Stegeman, President, CostQuest Associates (CQA)


Sponsor 

Subcommittee on Energy and Subcommittee on Research and Technology

House Science Committee

Date 
Thu, 07/12/2018 - 15:00

Witnesses


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