An article in The Hollywood Reporter spells out how the incredible money machine that is Google is poised to become an even more profitable venture with its acquisition of YouTube. The article makes it clear that the future of communication is video-based. It’s equally clear that the amount of money to be made through video-based services is astronomical.
For those of you who missed our response comment to a query about our Net Neutrality position:
Media Post Publications recently quoted C4CC executive director Jim Conran on the passage of the California cable competition bill. While Jim was pleased that his home state embraced competition, he said he and the folks at C4CC are still working on the national bill.
He the House had passed a similar bill, but "politics" were holding the Senate from approving it. "There's a level of politics between different factions," he says. "A lot of the Democrats didn't want to give the Republicans an issue to campaign on this November."
James K. Glassman, editor in chief of The American magazine wrote an interesting piece this week on what he called the "most penicious monopoly in America": the cable television market. He makes a great point that in this year of partisanship and legislative gridlock, the states (and even the U.S. House of Represenentatives) that have passed cable competition legislation did so with wide margins of agreement. Yet the U.S. Senate can't even get a floor vote on a federal bill that promises to deliver billions in savings for consumers as well as billions in economic investment.
At C4CC, we believe in tackling the big issues that face consumers today. It is clear that the safety and vitality of our nation depends on sound and robust transportation infrastructure. Transportation, however, is one area of our infrastructure that often doesn't meet our needs in safety or service. Consumers should have reliable, secure, and efficient modes of transportation that meet their needs and the needs of our nation's economy. We are particularly supportive of:
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