Cable and Video: Competitive Choices : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, April 4, 2001, Volume 4 |
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Page 59 - In the case of a work made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author for purposes of this title, and, unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in a written instrument signed...
Page 60 - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3), the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord.
Page 25 - In the Matter of Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, CS Docket No.
Page 10 - There is every indication that other cable operators are contemplating similar strategies to attempt to evade the program access law, particularly with regard to regional sports networks. Thus, it is our hope that the FCC will conclude that the...
Page 62 - Such terms and rates shall distinguish between (i) digital phonorecord deliveries where the reproduction or distribution of a phonorecord is incidental to the transmission which constitutes the digital phonorecord delivery, and (ii) digital phonorecord deliveries in general.
Page 16 - ... services. Some utilities and incumbent local exchange carriers are also adding video programming to their product line-ups. Mr. Chairman, the goal of multichannel video competition set by Congress in the 1992 Cable Act has been accomplished. The Cable Industry's Response to Burgeoning Competition Cable companies have responded to competition in the video market by aggressively upgrading their facilities and launching new services. Since passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the cable...
Page 18 - ... (BST), cable programming service tiers (CPST), and equipment increased by 5.8 percent. This represents a very slight increase (from 5.2 percent) for the year ending July 1, 1999—during which CPST prices were subject to FCC regulation from July 1, 1998, to March 31, 1999. Industry critics will cite the fact that average monthly cable prices increased 5.8 percent compared to the inflation rate of 3.7 percent during the 12-month period ending July 1, 2000. But their criticism fails to take into...
Page 10 - Commission to amend its rules to require landlords, condominium associations, and other homeowner groups to provide access to at least two multichannel video services to residents who do not have exclusive use of areas suitable for antenna installation. I do not believe Congress ever intended to discriminate against residents of multiple dwelling units (MDUs) by depriving them of the benefits of competition available to single-family homeowners, and we would ask Congress to help rectify this situation....
Page 18 - ... upgrade their plant and add the new channels of programming consumers want Year-to-year comparisons which fail to consider the increased number of channels that operators provide to customers therefore create a misleading picture. In fact, data from the FCC and General Accounting Office show that the price per channel of cable's video services has declined since 1986 when adjusted for inflation: Price Per Cable Channel, 1986-2000 12/1/86 4/1/91 7/31/97 7/31/00 Nominal Price per Channel $0.44...
Page 70 - Commission finds, in a proceeding conducted during the last year of such 10-year period, that such prohibition continues to be necessary to preserve and protect competition and diversity in the distribution of video programming.