Witnesses Firmed Up for Senate State of Video Hearing

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According to sources, the Senate Communications Subcommittee has lined up its witnesses for a May 14 hearing on the state of video.

In addition to the National Association of Broadcasters' Gordon Smith and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's Michael Powell, as previously reported, the additional witnesses will be Stanton Dodge of Dish and John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge. Representatives of both Dish and Public Knowledge confirmed the appearances.

The hearing is one in a series of hearings announced by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), the new chair of the subcommittee.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.