FCC Public Forum on Comcast-NBC Merger
The FCC announced it will hold a public forum on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, from 1:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Northwestern University Law School, Thorne Auditorium, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 to discuss the Comcast-NBC merger.
The forum will consist of two panels in the afternoon, followed by a special segment from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for the public to ask questions and share their views about the proposed merger.
Agenda and Panelists
(Central Standard Time)
1:00 p.m. Introduction and Opening Remarks - Commissioner Michael Copps, Federal Communications Commission
1:15 p.m. Panel 1: Online Video Distribution Considerations
John Flynn, Senior Counsel to the Chairman for Transactions, FCC (Moderator)
--Jeffrey Blum, Deputy General Counsel, DISH Network
--Susan Crawford, Professor, Cardozo Law School, and Visiting Research Collaborator, Princeton University
--Markham C. Erickson, Partner, Holch & Erickson LLP, and Executive Director, NetCoalition
--Travis Parsons, Senior Director, Business Development, Sezmi
--Josh Silver, President and CEO, Free Press
--Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
--Susan Whiting, Vice Chair, The Nielsen Company
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Panel 2: Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Considerations
William Lake, Chief, Media Bureau, FCC (Moderator)
--Colleen Abdoulah, President and CEO, WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone
--Tyrone Brown, President, Media Access Project
--Brian Lawlor, President-Chairman, NBC Television Affiliates and Senior Vice President of Television, The E.W. Scripps Company
--William Rogerson, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University Ken Solomon, Chairman & CEO, The Tennis Channel
--James Speta, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
5:00 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. Public Comments
8:00 p.m. Adjournment
Open captioning will be provided. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need. Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last-minute
requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fill. Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
For further information, contact Jessica Almond, Media Bureau, 202-418-2721.
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