Retrans at $2/Head: Do Something! – Verizon Streaming – Cablevision Wants Ads Stopped

D.C.:  Want relief from retrans fees (which, FYI,  Nexstar's Perry Sook recently pegged as high as $2/person in six years or so)?  If so, join the petition drive started by ACA member Mediacom and now joined by the NCTC.  If the petition gets at least 25,000 signers by this Thursday (Dec. 8), "the appropriate policy experts" will have to review the request and "issue an official response."  Find the petition here.  More info from Telecompetitor.   If those links don't work ... here's a way straight from our friend Matt Polka: A whitehouse.gov account is required to sign a petition, to create your account, review and sign the petition follow this link (click here). If you have trouble setting up an account, try this link. --- Meanwhile, the NAB continues to push hard in an effort to keep the FCC's hands off "virtual duopolies."

Strategies:  Verizon is taking aim at Netflix with plans to launch its own standalone streaming service, says Reuters.  --- Put Comcast on the "nay" (for now) side for usage-based pricing as Comcast Cable CFO Michael Angelakis noted, "We don't want to disrupt the consumer experience."  More from GigaOM. 

Money & Markets:  Netflix took a nice bounce (+3%) in markets this morning as the House of Reps passed a bill allowing the company to reach customers via social networks.  

In Court:  Cablevision wants Verizon FiOS to stop running adds dissing CVC's internet speeds.  They've filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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