Ken McNeely, President, AT&T California
AB2987, the "Digital Infrastructure and Cable Competition Act of 2006," is pending final approval in the California Legislature
According to an article in today's
San Francisco Chronicle entitled
Lawmakers buckle down on deadline--1,000-plus bills to be addressed by session's end":
"Video franchises -- A battle among cable companies, AT&T and other broadband providers over how to secure video franchises has become a love-fest after the phone companies accepted an amendment giving cable companies the same chance to compete. Pending in the Senate, AB2987 by Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, is still opposed by cities and counties that don't want to relinquish control to the state over selecting franchisees."
detailed, in-depth, direct from the players video and audio coverage of the now-completed battle over AB2987
While this important story gets a single paragraph in the
Chronicle and no coverage whatsoever on local broadcast "news" programs or on the cable systems that it so profoundly affects,
Etopia News and the
Online Broadcasting Service (OBS), with far less in the way of resources, have produced a comprehensive audio and video record of the campaign around this legislation, which you can now access below in the Brightcove player containing the
Campaign to Pass AB2987 Channel:
Included in the programming on the
Campaign to Pass AB2987 Channel are:
a TVforAll ad from the California Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA); interviews with Eric Brown, Senior Vice President, Western Division, Charter Communications, and Chairman of the Board of the CCTA; Lloyd Levine, California Assemblymember (D-40th A.D.), Chair of the California Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee and co-author of AB2987; a press conference by Californians for Technology and Video Choice; interviews with Alex Padilla, Los Angeles City Councilmember and now the Democratic candidate for California State Senate in Senate District 20; California Assemblymember Cindy Montanez (D- 39th A.D.); and Paul Koretz, California Assemblymember (D-42nd A.D.); coverage of a Verizon's FiOS fiber-to-the-premises system demonstration in Pomona; a short Q&A and a long interview with Tim McCallion, President of the Verizon Pacific Region; and interviews with Pete Sepp, VP, Communications, National Taxpayers Union; Dennis Mangers, President of the CCTA; and Ken McNeely, President, AT&T California.
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