COMMENTARY: Where the BDU hearings and NAB collide

AS THE LONE MEDIA outlet providing daily reports from both the BDU/specialty hearings in Gatineau and the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, we’ve noticed a crossover issue or two. Take Tuesday, for example. In Gatineau, Quebecor Media CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau made his company’s case for dramatically decreased regulation in broadcasting and cable, presenting a great big book of some 400 regulations governing the sector. He told the Commission what many other distributors have said – that the Internet is changing everything and it’s time to dump most of the existing rules. “Within a few years, the Internet...