KDDI Research released a report (Japanese-language; PDF download here) I authored on The State of TV in America (English abstract). This is part 1 of 2, and focuses on the traditional broadcast TV and cable industries, and the advent of “three screen viewing”, to paraphrase Nielsen’s term. Part 2 looks forward, and will focus further on multi-device viewing, and innovations in the video viewing and distribution fields.

Speaking of network neutrality, multichannel, Ars Technica and others reported that Comcast settled the class action suit against it (Hart vs Comcast) for $16M.

In its current Network Neutrality Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, as well as its presentation at the October FCC Open Meeting, the FCC cited the Comcast case (throttling of P2P use) and the Madison River case (throttling of VoIP, i.e., Vonage, use) as formative in its thinking on the open internet. Note that in the NPRM the FCC seeks comments on a proposal *not* “to adopt the standard articulated in the Comcast Network Management Practices Order in this rulemaking.”

KDDI Research Institute published a report (Japanese-language) I provided on the recent Net Neutrality Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 09-121, In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet).