08-22-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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Telco Entry into Cable .ory lance. m. le the is ntt going "The FCC is cam Ro ng to go hack a third time and write a Likely in'90s: Academic broad rule," but the e,agency Sterling said He noted that gesled in a recent report that the dropping of public tele- ay Wry Jattis the cable industry should have vision etatimm is the type of TAMPA. FL — By the 1990e, more competition, possibly by thing that "gets the attention telephone companies will be allowing telcos to offer a of congressmen." actively entering the cable tole- -video dial tone." "A light xis vision business, Christopher Sustanlial regulatory nt of the stance of the ` Sterling, director of the tele- changes el the and the Gong. w d prefer but Congress would p communications policy pro- eto, NTIA are in store loss the cable prefer an industry corn - gram of George Washington industry it Michael Dukakis promise, using the philosophy University, predict. upturn the White Ilex, of "Resolve your problems; it Addressing lest week's Na. Dr. Sterling said. If George we don't have • substantial tionsl Federation of Local Bush wins the presidential problem with the compromise, Cable Programmers annual election, "a version of the same wall make it law," Dr. Ster- conference here, Dr. Sterling thing" will take place, but the ling mid. He added that the said he suspected that GTE changes will not be as pro- Copyright Act of 1976 and the California Ins.'s gibe optic nounced, he predicted. Cable AM of 1984 were passed cable system project in Cer- "There is backlash of what in that manner. rites, CA, will be approved by deregulation has done, and a the 1.11 Federal Communiea- thinking that maybe cable has The public -access communi- ties Commission in the .at ,-,on too many battles," he ty needs a stronger voice in future mid, noting that the cable in- Washington if its interests are During the nest decade, the dustry his been called "ass- to be protected. Dr. Sterling telephone industry will aleo rogmt," mid. overcome Judge Harold Parallels exist between de- NFLCP members ..at let Greene'. modified final judg- regulation of the airline and thew congressional representa- ment that currently prevents cable industries, he mid, add- tives knew of "the good work the regional Bell operating ing. "There s a thinking that done by your staffs day after companies ftnm offering infer- deregulation of airlines had day for people in your mm- mation servim, including gone tan far." mtmities, ' he said, adding that cable television. Dr. Sterling He pointed out that a major it's imponenl for NFLCP to mid Iota of the NTIA "his report "continue to build a comai- Ile urged that the National was a questioning of whether tuency of every stripe. With Teknenmunirstinns A Infer- the industryes franchising pro- that kind of clout, people listen mallet Administration aug- teas serves the public interest. to You. "D