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Back to EpisodesLive at #MACoCon: New Technology, New Policy – The Ever-Shrinking Island of Cable Television
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Technological change continues to advance rapidly - public policy needs to catch up. Your county likely has cable television franchise agreements built for the 1980s, but what is your role in the telecommunications market of the 2020s?
At this year's MACo Winter Conference, special guests joined Michael Sanderson and Kevin Kinnally for a live recording of the Conduit Street podcast. The fast-paced, Q&A-style session focused on opportunities and challenges concerning the county role in the telecommunications market of the 2020s -- including regulation, rights-of-way, taxation, community access, and first amendment issues encountered along the way.
Panelists:
- Arthur Scott, Associate Legislative Director, National Association of Counties (NACo)
- Joanne Hovis, President, CTC Technology and Energy
- Michael Sanderson, Executive Director, MACo
- Kevin Kinnally, Associate Director, MACo
The 2019 MACo Winter Conference, “Building for the Future,” was held on December 4-6, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge, Maryland. This year’s conference focused on county governance challenges and best practices – from the foundation to the rooftop – that will decide Maryland’s future.
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