WPC< 2sB#Jm Z|xTimes New Roman (TT)Symbol (TT)C\  P6QPa\  P[AP2?phoenix#W\  P6QP# SUMMARY OF PREPARED STATEMENT OF Diana BursteinTonya Bartley  +2xDefault Paragraph FoDefault Paragraph Font11#XP\  P6QXP##W\  P6QP#footnote textfootnote text;1#XP\  P6QXP##W\  P6QP#""1}!(SSdd Summary of Prepared Statement of  DECKER ANSTROM  President National Cable Television Association  Before The  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  December 18, 1997   } 1Competition in the video marketplace is growing steadily.   1More than 10 million customers already obtain multichannel video service from cables competitors d  1Cables share of the multichannel video market decreased 2% last year, to 87% 1Cable subscribers today have real, meaningful alternatives to their local cable company in virtually every community  d  1Cables prices reflect substantial investments in new services and technology, and provide value to our customers.  1Cables costs have increased sharply d  1These investments provide strong value to our customers, both in terms of quantity and quality of cable service  d  1Cable competitors have access to virtually all the programming that cable carries 1Extending the program access rules to additional services is unnecessary and unwarranted