Content Commentary

Get complete coverage of the FCC's set-top proposal.

Below is a list of content creators who have either registered their opposition to the FCC set-top proposal or raised serious concerns about it. The source of the list: Reps. Adam Schiff and Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.) and Gene Green (D-Texas), in a letter to House colleagues advising them not to believe it if they are told the content community backs that proposal.

• 21st Century Fox

• A&E Television Networks

• American Association of Independent Music

• American Federation of Musicians

• C-SPAN

• CBS

• Copyright Alliance

• Creative Future

• Crossings TV

• Directors Guild of America

• Feel Good TV

• Freemind Ventures

• Hola! LA, Latin Heat Media

• Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)

• Individual creators of color, including:  Val Benning, Roger Bobb, Bailey Brown, Holly Carter, Devon Franklin, Tamra Goins, Rob Hardy, Elijah Kelley, Rasheena Nash, Elrick Williams

• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

• Manteca Media

• Mnet America

• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

• National Music Publishers Association

• Perfect Day Media

• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

• Revolt Media and TV

• Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)

• Scripps Network Interactive

• SoundExchange

• Stateless Media

• The Walt Disney Company & ESPN

• Time Warner Inc.

• TV One

• Viacom

• VMe TV

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.