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Workshop - Competition in Content Markets (Corrected Version)
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- Subject: Workshop - Competition in Content Markets (Corrected Version)
- From: Michael Ward <mike@tap.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 15:26:25 -0400 (EDT)
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TAXPAYER ASSETS PROJECT - INFORMATION POLICY NOTE
June 12, 1995
TAP and other members of the Telecommunications Policy Roundtable
are sponoring a Friday, June 16, 1995 workshop at the Brookings
Institution in Washington, DC on "Competition in Content Markets."
Registration is free and open. The workshop will feature presentations
from many small content providers, such as Cottonwood Communications,
TeleMiami and the 90's channel, internet service providers such as
MCSNet, Net99 and TeamNEt, and large computer and telephone
companies, such as Microsoft, Sun, BellSouth and NYNEX.
WORKSHOP ON
COMPETITION IN CONTENT MARKETS
(revised June 12, 1995)
Friday, June 16th, 1995
Location: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC
Time: 9 am to 12 pm, 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Co-sponsors: Telecommunications Policy Roundtable (TPR)
Center for Study of Responsive Law/TAP
Media Access Project
Center for Media Education
American Civil Liberties Union
Alliance for Public Technology
Attendance: Open and free, RSVP Mike Ward, 202/387-8030;
fax 202/234-5176, mike@tap.org
Information: Mike Ward 202/387-8030
http://www.essential.org/tap/june16.html
A one day workshop with four panels examining the following
topics:
9:00 am to 9:15 am
INTRODUCTION
9:15 am to 10:45 am
LEASED ACCESS TO CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS. Under present
law, cable television networks are required to provide non-
affiliated programmers with "Leased Access." This panel
will discuss problems faced by independent programmers who
seek access under the current leased access rules.
MODERATOR: Jeffrey Hops, Director of Government
Relations, Alliance for Community Media
PANEL MEMBERS:
Matt York. Publisher of Videomaker Magazine and Leased
Access Report. Organizing Chairman, Video Information
Providers for Nondiscriminatory Access (VIPNA)
John Schwartz, Founder, the 90s Channel
Maria Silveira, Vice President/General Manager, TeleMiami
Television Cable Network
Stephen Zipkin, Chief Financial Officer, Advantage
Marketing, Inc.
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS--COMPETING WITH TELEPHONE
COMPANIES. With changes in rules about vertical
integration, several local exchange telephone companies
announced plans to provide Internet services. This panel
will feature small businesses that deal with telephone
companies as suppliers of services and as competitors.
MODERATOR: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
PANEL MEMBERS:
Karl Denninger, President, MCSNet
Joseph Stroup, President, Network 99, Inc.
Michael Lipson, TeamNET Technologies, Inc.
12:00 pm 1:30 pm
Lunch at area restaurants
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
CRITICAL INTERFACES--INTEROPERABILITY, SET TOP, ETC. This
panel will discuss whether or not the federal government
should require open architecture for the new broadband
networks.
MODERATOR: James Love, Director of Economic Studies,
Center for Study of Responsive Law
PANEL MEMBERS:
George Spix, Infrastructure and Services Director, Advanced
Consumer Technology, Microsoft Corporation
Christine Owens, Government Affairs, Sun Microsystems
Rick Dahlgren, Vice President, Cottonwood Communications
Gregory Gorman, Government Affairs Manager, Computer and
Communications Industry Association
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm
COMMON CARRIAGE FOR BROADBAND NETWORKS. Cable television
networks largely operate as closed systems, while the FCC
rules for Video Dialtone systems run by common carrier
telephone companies require non-discriminatory access. Bell
South and some other telephone companies oppose common
carriage for broadband networks. NYNEX supports a common
carriage approach for broadband networks. Paramount/Viacom
has lobbied on behalf of a common carrier model for
broadband networks, as have the 90's channel and other
content providers.
MODERATOR: Andy Schwartzman, Executive Director, Media
Access Project
PANEL MEMBERS:
Jeff Morris, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and
Technology Development, Showtime Networks
John Schwartz, founder, the 90s channel
Jeff Ward, Vice President, Federal Policy, NYNEX
Tom Rawls, Vice-President for Broad Band Strategies,
BellSouth
Don Haines, Legislative Director, ACLU
-----------------------REGISTRATION----------------------------
To attend, please send the following information to Michael Ward
(voice 202/387-8030; fax 202/234-5176 or internet mike@tap.org).
Name:
Affiliation:
Title:
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
-------------------------- Hotel -----------------------------
The Embassy Inn, which is located at 1625 16th Avenue, NW has
agreed to make rooms available at $55 for the workshop. The
Embassy Inn is a small but charming hotel located a few blocks
from Brookings. To make reservations, call Jennifer at 202/234-
7800, and mention the Workshop on Competition in Content
Markets.
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