Waiting For Martin"s Next (Big) Steps.(Kevin Martin)
Multichannel News, January, 2007 by Hearn, Ted
By Ted Hearn In December, a politically divided Federal Communications Commission adopted rules that give franchising authorities 90 days to act on cable entry petitions filed by phone companies and others with pre-existing access to rights of way. But pressuring local governments to act swiftly on the cable franchise applications of companies like AT&T and Verizon Communications could be just a baby step in FCC chairman Kevin Martin's ongoing march to overhaul cable competition policy.
The biggest step would be a ruling by the Martin-led commission that AT&T's Internet Protocol-TV offering is an interstate service. That would have the effect of sweeping aside any actions taken by the 50 states -- including the ones that have gone to statewide...
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