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cablemedia_1 27/02/2015 15:48 Page 1 Cable Media EUROMEDIA Volume 7 No. 1 2015 Cable Europe warns against Net Neutrality eclaiming the US policy shift towards Net Neutrality, Matthias Kurth, executive chairman, Cable Europe, says law makers mustn’t jeopardise Europe’s opportunity to lead the way for investment in broadband and digital infrastructure. Kurth has blogged that for several years the cable sector had been in a perpetual state of change: “Competition with telecommunication companies, infrastructure carriers and content providers has driven a constant reshaping of business models. We’re seeing M&A activity and continued investor appetite on one side and fast changes in technology and value creation strategies on the other. It’s an exciting mix. Cable Congress is the only place where leading players come together to discuss these trends, how to deal with emerging challenges and how to create new opportunities.” He said it was fitting that Congress was returning to Brussels following a year that had brought many changes to the EU’s D political landscape and a strong commitment by the new European Commission to the digital economy. “With many policymakers from the European Commission and the European Parliament expected to be in attendance, I look forward to hearing more about plans to realise the Digital Single Market in Europe. Critically though, the digital agenda and further investment in high-speed broadband can only be enhanced if we all have trust in a stable and forward-looking policy framework. To do this, we need balanced policy discussions focussed on finding smart solutions, which we will kick off with dialogue at the Congress.” “While we often hear in Europe that we are playing catch up with the US in the technology space, when I compare the investment climate in Europe with the United States, I am actually rather optimistic about some of the regulatory trends. Take net neutrality. Whereas President Obama has indicated he wants to regulate the Internet under Title II of the Telecommunications act that Continued on page 6