A group called Video Access Alliance formed Thurs. to aid indepen...
A group called Video Access Alliance formed Thurs. to aid independent programmers in getting wider carriage on pay TV and broadband. The alliance maintains that “emerging and minority” networks need video franchise reform to increase their chances of striking…
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deals, it said. AT&T and Verizon, selling IPTV and fiber TV respectively, back franchise reform. Alliance members include upstart digital network The America Channel and investor MultiChannel Ventures. One alliance goal is recruitment, said member Deborah Lathen, former FCC Cable Services Bureau chief and now a consultant. “We should be able to get more members because there are so many would-be programmers that are looking to have their content carried,” she told us. It’s too soon to say what bills the group will back, Lathen said: “We're going to try to bring successful minority programmers and cable and other companies to talk about how do you create content” at a summer Minority Media & Telecom Council conference. “Distribution models such as IPTV over the Net” will boost programming competition, said MultiChannel Ventures Pres. Michael Gerrity.