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National Assn. of Telecom Officers & Advisors’ Pres. Lori Panzino...

National Assn. of Telecom Officers & Advisors’ Pres. Lori Panzino-Tillery will testify at Fri.’s FCC meeting that local franchise authorities want video competition. Panzino-Tillery will say “local governments are pro competitive,” said Exec. Dir. Libby Beaty. Verizon has said…

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local franchise authorities slow its plans to sell FiOS fiber pay TV (CD Nov 17 p3). Panzino-Tillery is division chief of franchise programs for San Bernardino County, Cal. FCC officials’ hopes for a Tex. PUC commissioner to testify at the video competition hearing in Keller may be stymied. A PUC spokesman called it a “challenge” to have commissioners attend. “Our open meeting laws require that there be a posting if at least 2 commissioners will be together, so at most it would be one commissioner, and we're still working on that,” said the official. Ideally, all 3 commissioners would attend, but there aren’t 7 days left to notify the public that they would appear together, he said.