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August 2010

19ACA Unveils Transaction-Specific Comcast-NBCU Merger Conditions To Protect Consumers and Competition
17ACA Supports FCC Effort To Promote Broadband Through Modernized Pole Attachment Regulations
13ACA: FCC's "Third Way" Broadband Policy Could Expose Small Providers To Much Higher Pole Fees, Greater State And Local Taxation
11Statement Of American Cable Association President & CEO Matthew M. Polka On Alaska Plane Tragedy

July 2010

30ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Announces Two New Additions To ACA’s Board Of Directors
30American Cable Association President & CEO Matthew M. Polka To Appear On C-SPAN’s The Communicators
28ACA Announces Recipients Of Prestigious Awards At 5th Annual Independent Show
27ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Announces Results Of Trade Group's 2010 Leadership Elections
26ACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka Says Small Cable Unity Essential To Prevail In Tough Business, Regulatory Climate
26ACA Chairman Friedman Sets Goal Of Ending Big Media Price Discrimination Against Small Cable Customers
21ACA Asserts Confidential Comcast-NBCU Documents Given FCC Reinforce Concerns With Transaction
16ACA Tells FCC “Third Way” Reclassification Prohibited Without First Accounting For The Burdens On Smaller Broadband Providers
15ACA Urges FCC To Progress Cautiously In Finding CableCARD Successor
13WOW! President & CEO Colleen Abdoulah Calls For Imposition Of Pro-Consumer Conditions On Comcast-NBCU Merger
12ACA Supports Creation Of FCC Connect America Fund For Broadband Infrastructure
9ACA Urges FCC To Study the Impact of Broadcasters’ Collusion On Competition, Diversity, And Localism in Local Broadcast Markets

June 2010

21ACA Shows FCC How Comcast-NBCU Deal Will Result In Higher Retransmission Consent and Programming Fees
16ACA Urges Adoption Of Set-Top Box Rules By FCC To Promote Digital Revolution In Rural America
4ACA Statement On Need For Government Probe Of Local TV Price Fixing

May 2010

26ACA Statement On Sen. Kohl’s Letter About The Comcast-NBCU Merger
24ACA Statement On Chairmen’s Announcement To Update The Communications Act
20ACA Statement On FCC Action To Promote Timely And Affordable Access To Utility Poles
19ACA Calls On The FCC To Halt Broadcasters From Charging Discriminatory Fees & Forming Local Pacts To Collude On Prices
7ACA Statement On The FCC’s New “Third Way” Broadband Policy

April 2010

27ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Recommends Broadband Policy Reforms Before Senate Small Business Committee
21ACA Statement On The FCC’s Proposed HD Set-Top Box Exemption
21Independent Cable Pledges To Keep Rural America In The Broadband Vanguard
20ACA Chairman Friedman: Trade Group Fully Committed To Comcast-NBCU Merger, Retransmission Consent Battles
13Rep. Bart Stupak To Deliver Remarks At ACA's 17th Annual Summit
6ACA Calls For Ending Pole Attachment Exemption For Electric Cooperatives, Municipal Utilities

March 2010

25ACA Unveils Blue-Ribbon Panels For Group's 17th Annual Summit
16ACA Statement On The FCC’s National Broadband Plan For Congress
12ACA Statement On Program Access Ruling By U.S. Court Of Appeals For The D.C. Circuit
11Colleen Abdoulah, President & CEO Of WOW!, Warns That Comcast-NBC Universal Will Have Power To Harm Consumers, Competition
10ACA Joins Large Coalition Seeking FCC Reform Of Retransmission Consent
7ACA Statement On Disney Pulling Its ABC Signal From 3 Million Cablevision Customers
4Statement Of ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On Sen. Kerry's Letter To FCC Chairman Urging Retransmission Consent Reform
2FCC National Broadband Plan Executive Director Blair Levin To Address ACA's 17th Annual Summit

February 2010

22In Seattle Times Column, ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Says Cash Demands Of TV Stations Are Increasing Monthly Cable Bills
10ACA Opens ACA Summit 2010 Web Site For Event Details, Registration
9ACA Praises FCC For Granting More Set-Top Box Waivers
4Colleen Abdoulah, President & CEO Of WOW!, Warns Congress That Comcast-NBC Universal Deal Harms Consumers, Competition
2ACA: New Broadband Stimulus Loan/Grant Rules From NTIA And RUS Further Disadvantage Small Cable Providers

January 2010

28ACA Statement On Comcast-NBC Universal's Merger Filing At The FCC
25American Cable Association Statement On The Passing Of Former FCC Commissioner James H. Quello
15 ACA Proposes Net Neutrality Regime That Protects Consumers, Promotes Country's Digital Future
8ACA Urges FCC To Reform USF While Keeping Special Needs Of Small Voice Providers In Mind
7ACA, Diverse Partners Urge Regulators To Impose Conditions On Comcast-NBC Universal Deal

December 2009

23ACA Calls on the FCC to Give Relief to Small Operators as Part of Its Set-Top Box Proceeding
17ACA Statement On $9.5 Million RUS Grant to Pine Telephone Co.
10ACA Statement On Time Warner Cable's Ex Parte Filing At The FCC Regarding Retransmission Consent
8ACA Unveils An Innovative Plan To Reform, Modernize The Universal Service Fund, Saving Billions Of Dollars
3ACA Urges Regulators To Scrutinize The Comcast-NBCU Transaction To Protect Consumers From Price Gouging, Limitations On Choice

November 2009

30ACA Supports Time Warner Cable's "Get Tough" Campaign On Rising Programming Costs
30Statement Of ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On The Passing Of Cable Pioneer Bill Bresnan
19ACA Calls On The FCC To Probe TV Local Marketing Agreements (LMAs)
17ACA Statement On House Small Business Committee Letter to NTIA, RUS On Broadband Stimulus Program

October 2009

28Cable One President And CEO Tom Might Accepts President's Award From ACC At Denver Banquet
26ACA To FCC: Ensuring Unfettered Consumer Access To Internet Content Means Restricting Closed Internet Models Like ESPN360
22Sunflower Broadband COO and ACA Board Member Patrick Knorr Calls On Congress To Curb Media Conglomerates
9ACA Praises ACA Member WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone On Winning Prestigious J.D. Power Award
8ACA Applauds House Members For Addressing Small Operators' Concerns About Bill On Loudness Of TV Ads
7ACA's Polka Requests Parity Between DBS And Cable If New Broadcast Carriage Rules Emerge
6ACA Salutes Cable ONE President and CEO Tom Might on Receiving President's Award from the Association of Cable Communicators

September 2009

28ACA Urges FCC To Reject Power Companies' Bid To Hike Pole Attachment Fees
21ACA Urges FCC To Examine Content Neutrality
18ACA Applauds The NAB For Selecting Sen. Gordon Smith As Its New President and CEO
17ACA Members Seek $1.3 Billion In Broadband Stimulus Funding
16ACA Comments On Passage of Satellite Legislation In House Judiciary Committee
8ACA Agrees With Hassett, Shapiro That Consumption-Based Billing Promotes Universal Broadband
1ACA To FCC - Stop the Broadcasters and Media Conglomerates’ Abuse Of Small Ops

August 2009

28PROJECT WRONGWAY: ACA Warns That A&E's Takeover Of Lifetime Will Produce Higher Cable Rates and Less Channel Choice
25 ACA Applauds FCC Decision To Grant More Digital Set-Top Box Waivers

July 2009

30ACA Members Express Strong Interest In Obama Administration's Broadband Stimulus Program
30With Evidence of Market Failure All Around, ACA Calls For A Retransmission Consent Investigation By The FCC
29ACA Announces Recipients of Two Prestigious Awards And Board Election Results
27ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Outlines Policy Vision For Small Cable
27Small Cable Concerned Content Providers Will Block Consumer Access To Web Sites
22ACA Urges FCC To Take Active Role In Funding Middle-Mile Broadband Required To Service Small Cable Providers
21ACA Commends FCC Commissioner McDowell On Regulatory Fee Reform
14ACA Applauds House Introduction Of Local Television Freedom Act
7ACA Lauds Adelstein On RUS Plan For Awarding Broadband Billions
6SNL Kagan Projects More Than Twofold Increase In Retransmission Consent Revenue
1ACA Praises Obama Administration For Affirming Vital Need For Funding Middle-Mile Projects With Broadband Stimulus Money

June 2009

30ACA Statement On Certain Public Interest Groups’ Petition To Overturn The FCC’s Evolution Broadband Set Top Box Waiver
25ACA Comment On FCC Nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker
17ACA Statement On The Introduction Of The Broadband Internet Fairness Act
16ACA Criticizes Influential Wall Street Analyst On Broadband Pricing
15ACA Comments On FCC Ruling To Free News Corp.
15ACA Statement On The Passing Of NATOA Executive Director Libby Beaty
13ACA Members, Customers Were Ready For The DTV Transition
11ACA Members And Their Customers Are Ready For The DTV Transition
9ACA Calls On FCC To Protect Low-Cost Broadband Packages
5ACA Asks FCC To Freeze Small Cable's Regulatory Fees
3ACA Congratulates Commissioner McDowell On FCC Nomination
2ACA Applauds FCC For Issuing Set-Top Box Waivers

May 2009

28ACA Salutes FCC For Issuing HD Set-Top Box Waiver To Small Cable System
21ACA Survey Confirms 271% Rise In 2009 Retransmission Consent
7First Quarter Results Affirm TV Stations' Pricing Power Over Small Cable

April 2009

29ACA’s Summit Attendance Tops Last Year as Independent Cable Operators Share Their Perspectives with Congress
28ACA CEOs Focus On Change In Washington, D.C.
28ACA Leaders Say Small Cable Will Make Best Use Of $7.2 Billion Stimulus
14ACA Makes Key Broadband Funding Policy Recommendations to RUS, NTIA & FCC
3ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka to Appear on C-SPAN'S "The Communicators"

March 2009

27ACA Applauds Strickling Nomination as NTIA Leader
26ACA: Small, Mid-Sized Cable Operators are Key to Rural Broadband Strategy
20ACA Congratulates Jonathan Adelstein on RUS Administrator Nomination
16ACA Urges FCC To Modify Industry Survey Rules for Small Cable
10Statement of ACA President/CEO Matt Polka on NTIA, RUS, FCC Joint Forum On Allocating $7.2 billion In Broadband Grants and Loans
3Seven ACA Members Named Cable Television Pioneers
3Statement of ACA President/CEO Matthew M. Polka on the Appointment of Julius Genachowski as Chairman of the FCC
2ACA Names Ted Hearn VP of Communications

February 2009

23FCC Offers Short Extension as Form 477 Reporting Deadline Nears
18“70/70” Reporting Places Significant Burdens on Smaller Systems
17Stimulus Grants to Help Connect Main Street America
11ACA Requests Short Extension Following OMB and FCC Delays
9Independent Cable Holds the Answer to Broadband Divide

January 2009

23Commissioner Copps to Assume FCC Chair in the Interim
22ACA’s 16th Annual Summit Seeks to Give D.C. Policymakers a Different Perspective
13Genachowski Selected to Lead Federal Communications Commission
8Congressman Boucher to Head Critical Communications Subcommittee

December 2008

31ACA Demands Viacom Pull Alarming Inaccurate Crawl Immediately
16New ARMIS Reporting Rules Would Place Needless Burden on Small Operators
2Broadband Coalition Calls for National Broadband Strategy
1ACA Supports Waiver for Low Cost HD Boxes

November 2008

25Rural Operators Counter News Corp.’s Relief Request
14Broadcast Carriage Disputes Threaten Digital Television Transition
11FCC Chairman To Open Up Quiet Period For Comment

October 2008

29ACA Calls for Level Playing Field with FCC Regulatory Fees
28Market Abuse Evidence Mounting as FCC Considers New Wholesale Programming Rules
17ACA Calls on Commission to Restore Balance to Retrans Market
14Low-Power TV Mandate Left Off the FCC Agenda
13Abdoulah Joins ACA’s Board
9Uptick in DTV Coupon Requests Occurring in Markets with Station Blackouts says NTIA

September 2008

25Retransmission Consent Complaints Demonstrate Continuing Broadcaster Abuse Of Independent Cable Operators And Consumers
18Broadcasters Again Tout Dramatic Rise in Retransmission Consent Revenue
16ACA Opposes Changes in Copyright Royalties for Digital Signals
16Prompt Adoption of Retransmission Consent "Quiet Period" Needed to Protect Consumers, ACA Says
16American Cable Association Ratifies Major Digital Carriage Agreement With Public Television
4ACA Commends FCC Adoption of Digital Must Carry Exemption

August 2008

12American Cable Association Responds to NAB Retransmission Consent "Quiet Period" Proposal

July 2008

30Independent Cable Show Wraps Up Third Annual Conference
29Independent Cable Operators Talk Transition at Annual Meeting
282008 is a Year of Progress and Potential for ACA and Independent Cable Industry
21ACA to FCC: Independent Cable Plays Vital Role in Delivering Broadband to Rural Communities
14Independent Cable Operators Unite to Address Issues of Cost, Choice, and Customer Service
10FCC Leased Access Reporting Requirement Struck Down By OMB
8Quiet Period for Retransmission Consent Needed During Digital Transition
8Too Little Relief for Too Little Operators

June 2008

30FCC's DTV Consumer Education Initiative Should Include Reasonable Exemption
23FCC Finds Verizon Retention Practices Illegal
12Retransmission Consent Practices Cut Off Communities From Local Weather News
9ACA Alerts Congress that Upcoming Retransmission Consent Negotiations Could Cause Consumer Confusion Surrounding DTV Transition
5Independent Cable Operators and Independent Programmers Team Up to Fight Against Program Tying

May 2008

30ACA Urges FCC to Limit Regulatory Fee Red Tape for Smallest Operators
28New Leased Access Reporting Requirements for Small Operators Draws Objection of American Cable Association
19Market Abuse Disrupts Television Service in Rural Upstate New York, Draws Attention of Independent Cable and FCC
16Independent Cable Operators Question News Corp.'s Suffering Claims at FCC Amidst 'Big Gains'
15Farm Bill Refocuses Attention and Funding on Broadband Deployment to Unserved Communities
7Independent Cable Urges House Small Business Committee to Ensure Service for Customers
1Letter to FCC on Verizon Customer Retention Practices
1News Corp. Blatantly Manipulating Commission Process

April 2008

22Higher Fees for Cable Broadband Will Slow Deployment
16Verizon Continues to Operate in Gray Area of Customer Information Use Rules-- For Now
10The Voices of Independent Cable Operators and their Customers Resonate in Washington
9Congressman Doyle Stresses Importance of Independent Cable's Role in Universal Broadband Strategy and DTV Transition
8FCC Chairman to Push for Digital Must Carry Relief for Small Cable Systems
7ACA Celebrates 15 Years of Fighting for Independent Cable
7Independent Cable Calls Foul on Broadcaster Abuse of Market Power
7American Cable Association Appoints Bruce Beard to Board of Directors
3ACA Tells News Corp. a Deal's a Deal

March 2008

20FCC Extends Digital Carriage Deadline for Satellite TV; Small & Independent Cable Must Be Next
17Small Cable Presses Need for DTV Relief
17Harm of Retransmission Consent Topic of Discussion at Cable Show
5Small Cable Operators Need DTV Exemptions
5ACA Statement on Competition in the Sports Programming Marketplace
4Martin Brophy and Kirby Campbell Join ACA's Executive Committee

February 2008

26ACA Comments on Liberty Media / DirecTV Merger
19Independent Cable Rallies to Fight Discrimination at Hands of Broadcasters and Programmers
14Congressman Mike Doyle to Address ACA Members
12Smaller, Independent Cable to FCC: Put Consumers First
8American Cable Association Celebrates Fifteen Years Fighting for Independent Cable
7Cable Dual-Carriage Requirements Will Hurt Consumers

January 2008

16Steve Friedman Appointed Vice Chair of the American Cable Association
4Smaller Cable Operators Focus on More Choices for Consumers in FCC Filing

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