More Observations From CES…
One of the major stories that came out of CES last week was (in the words of the Wall Street Journal) the “flood” of new Internet content and mobile devices reaching consumers’ living rooms. In fact,...
View ArticleWhat is the Effect of Regulation on Investment?
What is the effect of regulation on investment? At a high level of abstraction, it is impossible to say. Rate-of-return regulation, for example, is criticized by economists for possibly encouraging...
View ArticleThoughts on the 15th Cable Competition Report…
Two weeks ago, the Federal Communications Commission released its Fifteenth Report on the assessment of competition in the market for the delivery of video programming. As both George and I were...
View ArticleWhat is Past is Prologue: Lessons to be Learned Before Any New #CommActUpdate…
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held its kick-off hearing on a potential update of our nation’s communications laws with no less than four former FCC Chairmen. As was appropriate,...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Debunks FCC’s Set-Top Box Arguments
Last February, the FCC launched yet another attempt to excise itself from (in the immortal words of former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell) the “Valley of Unattained Goals” of Section 629. To justify...
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