Law Office of Thomas Gibbon PLLC

From the first mile to the last mile, the Law Office of Thomas Gibbon PLLC offers its clients a wide array of services for communications and video projects in the U.S. and across the world. As counsel to broadcasters and video distribution companies, the firm participates in deals with:

• U.S., international and regional satellite companies
• DTH providers in the U.S. and globally
• Domestic and international fiber networks
• Local and foreign telcos
• Local and foreign IPTV networks
• U.S. and foreign cable companies
• Video equipment and codec vendors

Attorney Thomas Gibbon negotiates and helps to construct video contribution and distribution networks for the global delivery of video with associated commercial contracts and license agreements.

The firm participates in last mile video program distribution arrangements with the major DTH, cable and IPTV companies in the U.S. and similar distribution companies in Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Asia, and Asia Pacific. It helps to construct global backbone video distribution networks with Intelsat, SES New Skies and the former PanAmSat. It is counsel and advisor for video contribution networks with global satellite and fiber companies and with telcos and fiber companies for local connectivity.

The Law Office of Thomas Gibbon PLLC has particular expertise in the legal and technical issues surrounding the transmission of HDTV video programs using MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video compression technology.

The firm has expertise in the licensing of fly away antennas before the FCC and video distribution issues before the FCC such as closed captioning, underwriting messages on PBS stations and Children’s Programming requirements.