Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Release : 1995
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Hearing on Telecommunications Policy Reform by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Download or read book Hearing on Telecommunications Policy Reform written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing regarding legislation to reform national telecommunications policy. Most of the proposed changes would allow Americans greater freedom to choose among communication products and services. Among the topics this hearing addresses are increasing competitiveness of telephone services, cable rate deregulation, and the removal of government-imposed barriers to new investment in and ownership of broadcasting stations. Testimony is included from: (1) Decker Anstrom, National Cable Television Association; (2) Richard H. Cutler, Small Cable Business Association; (3) U. Bertram Ellis, Jr., Ellis Communications, Inc.; (4) Edward O. Fritts, National Association of Broadcasters; (5) Scott Blake Harris, Federal Communications Commission; (6) Gerald L. Hassell, Bank of New York; (7) Roy Neel, United States Telephone Association; (8) Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information; (9) Preston R. Padden, Fox Broadcasting Co.; (10) Bradley Stillman, Consumer Federation of America; and (11) Jim Waterbury, NBC Affiliates Association. The document also features statements by Senators Larry Pressler, Conrad Burns, and John D. Rockefeller. (BEW)
