Dead Air Walking: Prisoners Face Loss of TV After Digital Transition (1)
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Haven’t they been punished enough? Inmates in our nation’s prisons may find themselves without over-the-air television next February, unless Congress acts to fill a gap in the subsidy program for TV converter boxes. That’s right: according to a story run last week by Associated Press, “the upcoming switch to digital television is presenting a challenge to prison officials who want to make sure prison TVs are up and running. When broadcasters make the switch in ...
Tim Wu on Obama, McCain, and “a Chicken in Every Pot” (1)
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Writing at Slate, Tim Wu tries to make Obama out to be the real Big Government candidate on media policy, who will deliver “if not a chicken in every pot, a fiber-optic cable in every home.” By contrast, Wu implies that McCain is just another pro-big business lackey who doesn’t understand “that the media and information industries are special—that like the transportation, energy, or financial industries, they are deeply entwined with the public interest.” Wu ...
“‘Local’ is just one set of ripples on the lake of information” (1)
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Over on the Poynter Online blog, Amy Gahran has a very smart piece on some of the confusion surrounding debates about “media localism.” In her essay asking “How Important is Local, Really?”, she challenges some of the assumptions underlying the Knight Foundation’s new Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. I particularly like her line about how, “in many senses, ‘local’ is just one set of ripples on the lake of information ...
Summary of Martin’s ‘War on Cable’ (1)
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When the definitive history of Kevin Martin’s regulatory reign of terror against the cable industry is finally written, I have a feeling that Ted Hearn of Multichannel News will be the man who pens it. There is no one who has been reporting on these issues longer or with more investigative vigor than Ted. In an absolutely scathing piece today about a former Martin staffer, Ted does a nice job summarizing the major elements of ...
Another 4 months, still no FCC Video Competition Report (1)
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Well, another four months have passed since I last asked this question, but let me pose it again: Where exactly is the FCC’s Video Competition Report and why is it taking so long to get it out the door? It wouldn’t have anything to do with a certain Chairman Ahab still trying to get his cable whale, would it? No, of course not. I’m sure there’s a perfectly rational reason that this 13th Annual report ...
The Wrong Way to Make Local Broadcasting Relevant Again (2)
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Why Google Is a Media Company (2)
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I used to get endless grief from pro-regulatory media activists here in DC when I put forward the argument in days past that Google was a media company and a major player in the battle for eyes, ears and ad dollars in America’s media marketplace. Increasingly, however, more people are coming around to seeing that point, even the crusty old media giants themselves. In a smart essay over at the Freedom to Tinker blog, David ...
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Product Placement in Historical Context (1)
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Last month I posted a tongue-and-cheek piece thanking policymakers for taking steps to save us from loud TV ads and product placements. The whole thing just strikes me as the height of absurdity; it’s a stupid way for regulators to spend their time and it’s a complete waste of taxpayer dollars. Backers of such regulations assume that we in the public are little more than ignorant sheep whose minds will be subliminally programmed to want ...
CWA Wants Better Broadband Data, As Does Internet for Everyone (1)
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WASHINGTON, July 17 - Communications Workers of America this past week teamed up with a group of telecommunications companies, cable operators and non-profit groups to push for Congress to pass broadband data legislation. In a Friday letter and a Monday press release, the groups wrote “to express [their] strong support for Congressional action to promote greater availability and adoption of broadband high-speed Internet services.” They want “a national policy” to encourage more broadband deployment, and ...
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About two weeks ago, film and TV regulator SARFT apparently issued an order to video sharing website Tudou.com to cease operations. The order was not obeyed, although Tudou did shut down the website for a 24 hour period on Friday March 14. Today SARFT published two lists on its website. The first one is a list of websites ordered to cease operations. Tudou is not named; in fact all the websites in the list seem ...Shared by ShineCatcher (3)Contribute comment
