Senate Communications Subcommittee Firming Up May 14 Video Hearing

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

It looks like the Senate Communications Subcommittee's
hearing on the state of video, whichB&C reported was tentatively
scheduled for May 14, has gotten a little less tentative.

The Senate Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee
has scheduled its planned video oversight hearing for May 14 at 10:30 a.m.-12
p.m., according to a source.

National Association of Broadcasters president Gordon Smith
and NCTA president Michael Powell are both expected to testify.

It is one of a series of "state of"
hearings announcedearlier by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) new chair of what is expected to be an
active 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.