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. >> guest: let's bring lydia beyoud in. she's our guest reporter this week and she is with bloomberg where she covers telecommunications. >> thank you. to follow up on both of your questions, chairman wheeler and introducing the item, this proposed rule said he wants to open up with but a closed market and make it more like a market where consumers can buy their own devices, that leaves with mobile phones, tvs and other electronics. do either of you think there is something similar or different to that analogy that would make it such that this proposal would or would not work? >> guest: we think it is the perfect analogy. you have an interface between the device and the network that has been closed. it's been impossible for people to sell across the interface. it's just like computers or modems, software systems come the microsoft case is about that and the court said open the interface and to get competition. we have seen that type and time again. remember the old telephone market? at&t uses a no one can plug a fourth piec

. >> host: let's bring lydia beyoud into the conversation. she's her guess reported this weekend she's with bloomberg dna where she covers tolkien education. >> guest: to follow up on both of your questions kevin wheeler wants to open up a closed market with mobile phones and tvs and all sorts of other electronics. do either of you think there's something similar or different to that analogy that would make it to not work? >> guest: you have an interface between a device in the network. it's impossible for people to sell across that interface. just like computers or motors or the microsoft case is about the interface and open the interface and you get competition. we have seen that time and time again. remember the old market? at&t used to say no one can plug up piece of phone equipment to my network, will blow it up and of course they were wrong. we opened it up like a charm and is competition. that's the purse -- perfect analogy. you work with the set-top box and make the judgment about whether it is or is not like the new thing. look at it

host: let's bring lydia beyoud in she is with bloomberg. up, kevinfollow wheeler come in introducing this idea said he wants to open up this market and make it more where consumers can buy their own devices like with mobile phones, tvs, and other electronics. do either of you think there is something similar or different to that analogy that would make it such this proposal would or would not work? >> we think it is the perfect analogy. you have the interface between the device and network. it would be possible for people to sell across the interface. it is just like computers or modems. microsoft case was about the interface, the court said, open the interface, and you get competition. we have seen that time and time again. remember the old telephone market? , no one can say plug a phone and, they will blow it up. they were wrong. we got tremendous cover edition. -- competition. that is our point. open the interface and you can get competition. box,u look at the set-top rather than making a judgment about whether it is or is not like the o

they are joined by the telecommunications reporter for bloomberg bna lydia beyoud. places, this access work. this is one place it really has not. we think consumers would have lower prices and more choices if we got vigorous competition in that space. >> is there a market for set-top boxes? no, because that is actually a component of the network. that is the most efficient way to design and deliver television service. it is the cheapest and most efficient way to do it. watch "the communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> saturday, april 30th, c-span presents live coverage of the 2016 white house correspondents dinner, an event that typically includes prepared remarks by the president of the united states. coming up in a few minutes, we are going to show you the last white house correspondents dinner speeches from presidents reagan, both bush's, and clinton. first, we will discuss the washington event with the mcclatchy newspapers senior correspondent steven thomma. how long have you been attending these events? how have they changed? steve: i thin

they are joined by lydia beyoud from bloomberg saus. >> we think we need competition in the set top box market. the '96 act said we want competition competition. some places it has worked. some places it hasn't. this is one place where it really hasn't. we think consumers would have more choices and lower prices if we got competition into that space. >> the first question is is there a market for set top boxes? >> the answer is really in terms of what is delivered over the cable network, no, because the box is actually a component of the network. that's the most efficient way to design and deliver cable television service. it's the cheapest way to do it, most efficient way to do it. no market has developed. the companies would prefer a market if it was more fish to do it that way. >> watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on cspan 23. >>> our live coverage of the presidential race continues tuesday night for the new york state primary. join us at 9:00 eastern for election results, candidate speeches and viewer reaction. taking you on the road to the white house on cspan, cspan radio, and cspan d

they are joined by lydia beyoud from bloomberg saus. >> we think we need competition in the set top

they are joined by the telecommunications reporter for bloomberg bna lydia beyoud. >>