FCC's Tom Wheeler Says “Cable” Simply Has To Work with Him!

This was the second year of INTX which means the Internet and Television Expoamp160 Clumsyamp160 But more accurate than just amp8220cableamp8221amp160 No one has actually figured out a new moniker for the new industry that rides on the back of what cable started the Internet infrastructureamp160 That infrastructure now includes telco companies wireless companies wifi companies fiber companies social media companies answer companies Alphabet companies FANG companies and moreamp160 More companies including but not limited to Comcast TiVo Evolution and more are deploying devices that act as STBs that combine classic cable video offerings with integrated OTT upstarts if Netflix can still be considered an upstart with more subs than any other companyBut Tom amp8220thewheelsarecomingoffamp8221 Wheeler showed up in Boston to harangue his old compatriots saying that back then when he was one of them they were all on the side of creating more competition but that now they but not he were against competitionHe says heamp8217s still for itamp160 Only Tom and his semiregular two other Democratic votes are righteousamp160 If that were so wouldnamp8217t he allow a little competition from the two Republicans who tend to vote against him because they havenamp8217t seen the stuff theyamp8217re being asked to vote forAfter looking closely at his attempt to explode the settop box and its accompanying reams of contracts and relationships that are already being challenged in myriad ways just think copyright amp8230 well that makes no senseAll that competition and heamp8217s still the only one against itamp160 I suppose it can never be enoughamp160 Why else would you force the New Charter to overbuild a million homesamp160 Thatamp8217s not producing competition when Charter extends plans to freeze out small ISPsamp160 That would have only made some sort of probably illegal sense if Charter were forced to overbuild Comcast or Verizon or ATampampTRandom NotesIt is officialamp160 Charteramp160and Comcastamp160now together represent almost 70 of the cable part of the new broadbandvideomedia world that continues metamorphosing every secondamp160 Wonder when we can bring them all togetheramp160 You know the whole ecosystem not just cableSpeaking of bringing together the 50th Annual Cable TV Pioneers dinner was the biggest one ever the venue was almost too smallamp160 Great inductee comments tooamp160amp160 Next evening had a redo amp8230 the Cable Center Hall of Fame evening was just as terrificNice INTX coverage this week by CableFAX and Multichannel News both once my stomping grounds amp160Though comments about the notsocrowded show floor and the barely populated booths raise an interesting question Will the show continueamp160 It will for certain next year in Washington DC April 2628amp160 After thatamp160 Methinks some will be reconsidering itNext week weamp8217re in Denver for the Media Finance Focus threeday confab May 2325 amp8230 always an interesting meetingamp160 This year at Wednesdayamp8217s keynote Iamp8217ll be interviewing Preston Padden so we should learn a lot more about the FCCamp8217s Spectrum Auction progress amp8230 or lack thereofThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet management or associated bloggers

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