PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
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DA 16-395
Released:  April 12, 2016
MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR SECOND PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON THE 
STATE OF THE VIDEO MARKETPLACE ON APRIL 25, 2016
On March 25, 2016, the FCC’s Media Bureau (“Bureau”) announced plans to hold the second of two 
workshops to examine competition, diversity, and innovation in the video marketplace.1 The workshop 
will be held at the FCC on Monday, April 25, 2016, and will explore marketplace obstacles that affect the 
provision of independent and diverse programming to consumers.  With this Public Notice, the Bureau 
announces the agenda and panelists for the workshop.  
The tentative agenda is outlined below:
10:00 am – 10:15 am Opening Remarks:  Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, FCC
10:15 am – 10:30 am Introduction:  Tasneem Chipty, Managing Principal, Analysis Group
10:30 am – 11:30 am Panel 1:  Challenges Faced By Smaller Multichannel Video 
Programming Distributors that Affect Carriage of Independent 
Programming
Panelists: 
Chris Kyle, Vice President, Industry Relations and Regulatory,
Shentel
Heather McCallion, Vice President, Programming, 
Atlantic Broadband
Judy Meyka, Executive Vice President, Programming,
National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)
Duke Milunovich, Sales and Marketing Director, 
Volcano Vision, Inc.
Jimmy Todd, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager,
Nex-Tech
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Q&A Session 
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Panel 2:  Challenges Faced by Independent Programmers Seeking 
Carriage on Video Distribution Platforms
  
1 Media Bureau Announces Second Public Workshop on the State of the Video Marketplace, DA 16-318 
(Mar. 25, 2016).
2Panelists:
Eric Easter, Chief Executive Officer, 
BLQBOX Digital
Michael Fletcher, Chief Executive Officer, 
Ride Television Network
Clifford Franklin, Chief Executive Officer, 
GFN-TV 
Patrick Gottsch, Founder and President, 
RFD-TV
Brian Newton, Creative Director and Head of New Media,
The Africa Channel
Daphna Ziman, President and Creative Director,
Cinemoi
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Q&A Session
The workshop will be held at FCC Headquarters, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th Street SW, 
Washington, DC and is open to the public.  Attendees are advised to arrive approximately 30 minutes 
prior to the start of the workshop to allow time to go through our security process.  
Open captioning will be provided for this event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with 
disabilities are available upon request.  Include a description of the accommodation you will need and tell 
us how to contact you if we need more information.  Make your request as early as possible.  Last minute 
requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
Audio/video coverage of the workshop will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from 
the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live.  The FCC’s webcast is free to the public; those who cannot 
attend can view the webcast at a later date at https://www.fcc.gov/events/past. 
For more information, please contact Raelynn Remy or Calisha Myers, Policy Division, Media Bureau, 
202-418-2120.  
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