Broadcasters Lobbied Big in Q3, Keeping With Year's Trend
Broadcaster lobbying expense exploded this latest quarter compared with the same time last year. NAB spent $3.98 million in 2014’s Q3, according to its lobbying disclosure form posted this week. A year earlier, NAB had reported spending $3.26 million, more…
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than half a million dollars less. NCTA spent less on lobbying in 2014’s third quarter than it had a year before -- $3.81 million this latest quarter compared with $4.44 million a year ago. Both NAB and NCTA employ a wide range of lobbying firms and target a variety of priorities on Capitol Hill, both legislatively and in asking lawmakers to act on other fronts. NAB in particular has spiked in its outlays this past year, spending as much as $5.28 million in 2014’s first quarter and $4.65 million in the second, both higher amounts than what it spent in those quarters a year earlier. Both the cable and broadcast industries have been highly engaged this year in the reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which expires Dec. 31.