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Video Access Alliance Honors Senator John Ensign
Nevada Legislator Lauded for work to Open Cable TV Market, Giving Consumers Greater Choice
June 15, 2006
Tallahassee, Fl. - The Video Access Alliance has presented Senator John Ensign with the "Star Among Men" award. Ensign was given the award for his leadership on "The Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act." This legislation streamlines the nation's communications laws and speeds entry of new competitors into the cable television market. It will give consumers a more diverse array of programming to choose from and give the minority viewpoint a greater voice.
"Senator Ensign decided to stand up for consumers who have been subjected to high cable TV rates, poor service and a general lack of choice in the video market," said Julia Johnson, Video Access Alliance chairman. "His work will ultimately cause a revolution in the way we get television service in the future."
"I am honored to receive this award, especially from an organization focused on giving consumers the choice they deserve," Ensign said. "Outdated government regulation is denying consumers additional choice in video, and I believe local cable subscribers deserve more options at better prices."
Current laws related to video franchising have not been updated since 1996, and advances in technology have made them obsolete.
"With open markets consumers are given the opportunity to find the best products at the best prices. The investment in new networks to provide video also has the tremendous benefit of faster, more widely available broadband, said Ensign. "In the last few years we have fallen from 11th, to 13th, to 16th in the world in broadband. The country that invented the Internet needs to do much better, and the investment that will occur as a result of this legislation will help return the United States as one of the leaders in the world in high tech."
