roundtable: Workshop - Competition in Content Markets (fwd)

roundtable: Workshop - Competition in Content Markets (fwd)

Workshop - Competition in Content Markets (fwd)

James Love (love@Essential.ORG)
Mon, 12 Jun 1995 14:35:37 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 14:35:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: James Love <love@Essential.ORG>
To: roundtable <roundtable@cni.org>
Subject: Workshop - Competition in Content Markets (fwd)
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950612143518.23437B-100000@essential.essential.org>


                              WORKSHOP ON
                     COMPETITION IN CONTENT MARKETS
                            (UPDATED NOTICE)
                         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, but registration is requested (see
               below)

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.

     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
     Robert Blau, Executive Director of Policy Analysis, Bell
          South



-----------------------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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James Love, Taxpayer Assets Project; internet:  love@tap.org
P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036; v. 202/387-8030; f. 202/234-5176
TAP's web page is www.essential.org/tap/tap.html

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