Lobbying Relationship

Client

The DirecTV Group, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Jackson Consulting Group

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  • Issues related to reform of Retransmission Consent law and rules; Issues related to the proposed AT&T-DIRECTV transaction.
  • Issues related to the proposed AT&T-DIRECTV transaction; Issues related to privacy and data security; H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015.

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $430,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2012: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

H.R.1770: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

S.1680: Consumer Choice in Online Video Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.2454: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3719: Video CHOICE Act of 2013

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.3720: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

H.R.4572: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.5036: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

H.R.5728: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.2008: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Paul Jackson Deputy Director & Acting Director, Office of Leg Aff, FCC Special Asst., Office of Comm'r Michael K. Powell, FCC

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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