As the Federal Cable Communications Commission gets ready to adopt a new rule on how to modernize the definition of a multichannel video programming distributor to include companies that provide video via the public Internet, localities need to take heed of the impact such a law change can have on franchise fees, public, educational and government channels and more.

In a presentation at the Alliance for Community Media 2015 Annual Conference on Aug. 13 in Pasadena, Calif., Best Best & Krieger Partner Joseph Van Eaton discussed these changes and why immediate action should be taken by localities to ensure their voices are heard (and how they can make their voices heard through ex parte filings).