association that represents the wireless industry. once upon a time, it was the cellular telecommunications industry association, then it became the cellular telecommunications and internet association. and then as the industry changed, we said instead of trying to change the name, we'd just become the wireless association. we're proud to represent the wireless ecosystem in its entirety from the carriers, manufacturers, hand seth vendors, the integrators and the app developers. >> host: so what are some of the companies you represent directly? >> guest: everybody from at&t, verizon, t-mobile on the large carrier end down to bluegrass cellular and independent companies like that. network equipment companies like erickson, alcatel-lucent, handset vendors like apple and samsung and companies that stand behind them and provide things like insurance services, network integration services and so on. >> host: well, given that wide swath of the telecommunications world that you represent, sometimes their interests aren't the same, are they? >> guest: they're not. sometimes my best lobbying is getting permission to leave the office. [laughter] we s

in a look at the cable show in los angeles osa by the national cable and telecommunications association. >> we want to welcome back to "newsmakers" the chairman of the appropriations committee, hal rogers. republican ofhere with us to help us with kentucky. questions, two reports, andrew taylor with the associated press and roxana tiron with bloomberg news. >> i do not need to remind you but it may be useful to remind people viewing that last year's appropriations process was a bit of a mess. you saw it ahead of time. it ultimately got resolved with a budget deal that's given you at least some certainty that what you used for last year's major omnibus bill and for the upcoming round of appropriations bills. esterday you could already see some land mines. the democrats are unhappy with some of the allocations for the bills that have been traditionally difficult to move through the republican house. how are you going to avoid a situation in which you get to move the popular bills like the veterans bill or the homeland security bill but then you have these leftover bills that are going to

the chairman of the national cable telecommunications association. millions of dollars in lobbying last year. he's going to the same politicians that comcast contributed to. the top five lobbyists and all of washington dc. before him, the chairman was the tom wheeler. where is he now? president obama named him the chairman of the fcc. for anyone at the fcc thinking about their next job, one person is now the ceo. meredith baker, and fcc commissioner who helped approve the deal, she left the fcc to go work for comcast as their chief lobbyist. she is one of 107 lobbyists trying to use comcast's power and influence to encourage washington to accept this deal. >> that revolving door continues. we mentioned that meredith baker left the fcc to go to comcast. now she's leaving comcast and going to lobby for the wireless industry. >> it does sound a little like "house of cards." >> it is the same characters. they all work together and they are all thinking of their next employer. >> there is money changing hands. maybe some veiled threats. >> it is worth kno

chair the federal communications commission who is now ceo of the national cable and telecommunications association. late last month, powell spoke of the cable show 2014. he said net neutrality could prove disastrous for the future of the internet. he argued that true public utility suffer from chronic underinvestment -- and that the internet thrived precisely because it is not treated as a utility. >> because the internet is not regulated as a public utility company grows and thrives in a watered by private capital and a light regulatory touch. it does not depend on the political process for its growth or the extended drought of public funding. this is why broadband is the fastest deploying technology in world history, reaching nearly every citizen in our expansive country. driving speeds have increased 1500% in the last decade. america's internet providers $1.3 chilean since 1996 to make america's internet world class. % of thetry has 4 world's population, but attracts 25% of all global investment. regulators overseas have begun to envy this level of investment . >> so that is the former fcc chai

the national cable and telecommunications association recently hosted a 2014 cable show in los angeles. the annual event brings together executives and other leaders in cable to talk about technology and other issues relevant to the industry. next, discussion about the challenges facing cable, including competition from digital providers like netflix and amazon, and the need for more affordable programming for consumers. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you to the and cta -- ncta for having a moderate and host this wonderful panel. i'm so excited to be talking with all of you. interviewed,i've and some others, i've wanted to interview. let's get started. the most important personal question i have is for rob marcus, which is, after the deal gets done, what are you going to do? >> you are always taking me on, betty. [laughter] i have been asked that question a lot over the course of the last couple of months, and i've said the same thing to everybody. it is way too early for me to start planning for the -- for the next chapter. i have a lot of work to do running time warner cable between no

tom wheeler spoke at this year's cable show, hosted this week by the national cable and telecommunication association in los angeles. he talk about fcc regulation of the internet and net neutrality. this is 40 minutes. >> clarion call for a new american revolution, a seasoned and visionary chairman has taken the reins. he has energized his agency, charged the public policy environment, and stimulated a wide ranging debate over how best to bring the opportunities of the digital era to all americans. but for some of you in the audience today, the jolt of activity at the commission is no surprise. because you may have known this fcc chairman when he was little veteranned, a little less seasoned and one of the wild cats helping bust open the market place for companies like yours and mine 40 years ago. tom wheeler runs the agency with argue whether i more telecom related experience under his belt than any chairman of the era. he is a poly expert, an advocate, a businessman and entrepreneur for more than decades. former president and ceo of our association, and he served in the same role at the wireless as

tomorrow, some of the events from this year's national cable and telecommunications association conference in los angeles. including federal communications chair tom wheeler on net neutrality rules. exable tv executives scugs how innovation is impacting industry. beginning at noon eastern on -span. >> china has become, as with you we all know, the factory to the world and it sends products around the planet in a way that makes our lifestyles possible. we could not have the quality of life that we enjoy if we didn't have low-cost good and labor in china. yet in china today, the standard of living remains 1/6 of what it is in the united states in terms of per capita income. has in a source of frustration because people realize we work hard. we are participating in the global economy. we play by the rules in some cases and yet we're not yet enjoying the quality of life that they have in the west. what i think is so interesting about this is that for most of chinese history, after all, people had no idea what life was like outside. get back to this tour of europe. chinese people can sit on a c

from the annual show hosted by the national cable and telecommunications association, this is 20 minutes >> great to be with the three of you. and i wanted to kind of take up off of some of the conversation that you just heard with the other panel. and i thought, you know, i thought so mckinney, to you, one of the interesting things we heard from the programmers is how the technology is not somehow for the cable companies technology hasn't really caught up with what consumers want, right? and it hasn't made it smooth enough, this whole idea of tv everywhere. so what's coming out of cable labs? what's coming out of your company that's going to allow the consumer experience to be better and better? >> well, cable labs' perspective one area that we're working closely with all the members is really the improvement of high-speed data. you know, we've got docsys3.1 which allows them to consume more of that content, be able to carry it around. the second area is the improvement of wireless, wi-fi in the home, wi-fi in the community, those kinds of things. the comments about the ease of authenti

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association. >> host: who you you represent? >> guest: independent companies, network companies, and vendors like apple and samsung. >> host: given that wide swath of the telecommunication word world you represent, sometimes their interest isn't the same? >> guest: it isn't. we spend a lot of time working with members to identify issues of common interest. it is around spectrum policy, tax policy, reglartory things. >> host: joining us is the paul barbagallo, managing editort a bloomberg. >> good morning. spectrum policy as you noted is one issue. the fcc is preparing for the aws3 auction and the incentive auction in 2015. given the recent data consumption curbs and america's appetite for mobile broadband, will these two auctions satisfy the demand by carriers for more spectrum? >> guest: it will help. if you go back to the national broadcast plan in 2010, they called for 300 megahertz of spectrum and 500 megahertz of spectrum over ten years. these two auctions should represent a significant step toward the goals, a nice downpayment, but don't get us to where we need to be. the aws3 brings 65 megahertz of spectrum. and the incentive will bring additional, but we don't k