ITIF Agrees with Rep. Pallone: Too Soon to Regulate Streaming Video
WASHINGTON—Doug Brake, telecommunications policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, released the following statement in response to a speech by Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) on the regulation of streaming video:
Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) spoke clearly at the Duke Law Forum on the Future of Video Competition and Regulation: The FCC should “hit the pause button” on regulating streaming video. This is a sound recommendation. The proposal by the FCC to put linear online video distributors in the same regulatory bucket as traditional pay TV services is premature. While we generally encourage a shift to over-the-top video over general-purpose networks, the economics of this transition are complex. Video distribution is an incredibly dynamic area of the digital economy, and the FCC should continue to observe the online market before acting as this transition continues to develop.
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