The press is filled with stories predicting the demise of linear broadcast television. And certainly it is true that we face many obstacles, including streaming services taking our viewers and advertisers, cable cord cutting eroding our retransmission revenues, and our own networks climbing on the streaming bandwagon. But what if there was a new broadcast Continue reading 5G Broadcast – Saving…
I keep reading that linear broadcasting is in an inevitable decline, but it doesn’t have to be. The jackpot market that can save the industry is the ability to broadcast and datacast directly to wireless mobile devices including 300 million-plus smartphones and over 200 million tablets in the U.S. But we have to be smart about Continue reading A Jackpot Awaits Linear TV In 5G Broadcast
Note: This blog represents my own experience and opinions. I served as President of the Association of Independent Television Stations, President of Network Distribution for Fox Broadcasting Company, President of the ABC Television Network and Executive Vice President of the Walt Disney Company. No one recruited me or compensated me to post this. FCC Chairman-Designate Continue reading No Role For…
For over 100 years women in America were treated as second class human beings — not even allowed to vote. And now America has elected a President who says men can “grab women by their pussy“ and a Vice President who says that women must vote the same way as their husbands (you know, the Continue reading What Trump Means For Young Girls
Oliver Darcy in CNN “Reliable Sources” CNN Photo Illustration/Fox News The White House is formally calling on Fox News to correct its dishonest coverage of bribery and corruption allegations against President Joe Biden. In a letter sent to the right-wing network s top brass this week, which Reliable Sources is first to report, Ian Sams, a top White House spokesperson, noted that the ex-FBI…
Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Application of FOX Television Stations, LLC ) MB Docket No. 23-293 for Renewal of License of WTXF-TV, ) Facility ID 51568 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) FRN: 0005795067 ) ) To: Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Attn. Holly Saurer, Chief Media Bureau INFORMAL COMMENTS OF MILO VASSALLO, ALFRED SIKES, ERVIN DUGGAN,…
From CNN: “Fox s Reporting Fail: On one of the busiest travel days of the year, with the country in a heightened security stance as millions hit the road and air ahead of Thanksgiving, Fox News recklessly smashed the panic button and stoked fear from coast-to-coast. In the early afternoon, the right-wing network went live with a dramatic report Continue reading “Fox’s Reporting Fail” from CNN
President Biden says the House Republicans that want to shut down the government are not doing their job. True! But the same is true of every other legislator in the House and Senate. There are no angels in this fight. The Congressional Appropriations process is broken and needs to be fixed. The only specific responsibility Continue reading No Angels In Shutdown Fight
For what little it may, or may not, be worth at this point, Preston Padden, Ken Solomon and Bill Reyner wish to express their deep disappointment for helping to give birth to Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox Television that came to include Fox News Channel the channel that prominently includes news that, in the words Continue reading How Our Efforts to Bring Competition To Television Unknowingly…
Toledo Blade: Fox, law vs. power (Editorial) The Editorial Board We are about to find out whether power or the law is paramount in the United States. At stake is the local TV empire of Fox Broadcasting and the Federal Communications Act, which requires a character assessment to hold the license to operate a station. Fox Continue reading Toledo Blade Newspaper Editorial “Fox, Law vs. Power”