On July 17, 2024, MMTC held its 6th Annual Former FCC Chairs’ Symposium. Watch the video below.
Speakers and moderators included:
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, keynote speaker
Former FCC Chair Richard Wiley
Former FCC Chair Reed Hundt
Former FCC Chair Michael Copps
Former FCC Chair Mignon Clyburn
Former FCC Chair Ajit Pai
Former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, moderator
Former FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, moderator
MMTC President Robert Branson, moderator
MMTC Board Chair and Treasurer Ronald Johnson
They discussed a return to civility at the FCC and in Washington, the impact of the recent Supreme Court opinion on the Chevron doctrine, ACP and Lifeline, ATSC 3.0, bulk billing universal broadband, artificial intelligence, Section 230, M&A policy, and minority media and telecom ownership.
Sue Webley, founder of Kara Solutions, produced and hosted the Symposium.
Click the buttons below to read the speaker/moderator bios and Cablefax article.
Special thanks to our attendees, speakers, and sponsors for their support (see list below).
Gold Sponsors
• AT&T • Charter Communications • Comcast • CTIA • Microsoft • NCTA – Internet & Television Association • T-Mobile • USTelecom • Verizon
Sustaining Sponsors
• Geo Broadcast Solutions and Roberts Broadcasting Company • iHeartMedia • Lerman Senter, LLC • 2042 Media [formerly Condista]
General Sponsors
• Asian American Broadcasting • Bustos Media Holdings • Maurita Coley • Covington & Burling • Davis Wright Tremaine • DirectTV • Free State Foundation • Grodsky, Caporrino & Kaufman, LLP • Kelsay Strategies • Erwin Krasnow • Nicolaine Lazarre • MassLocal • Mays Foundation • Motion Picture Association • Perkins Coie • The Walt Disney Company • Wiley Rein, LLC • Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP