August 2017
Netflix doesn’t need to buy its hits from Hollywood anymore. It can go straight to the hit makers.
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2014
Benton: Andrew Jay Schwartzman tapped as Benton Senior Counselor at important new Public Interest Communications Law Project at Georgetown Law Center’s Institute for Public Representation. Multi-year project is funded by a consortia of foundations, individuals, and companies including Alphawood Foundation, Laura and John Arnold, Benton, the Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Ford Foundation, Paul Gallant, Media Democracy Fund, Participant Media, and Voqal USA
World: Comcast attempts to purchase Time Warner Cable; HBO's John Oliver famously begins a show with, "Our top story tonight concerns the Internet."
Policy World: FCC modernizes E-rate program for broadband era
2013
2013
Benton: 1. Adrianne Benton Furniss becomes Benton Executive Director; 2. Benton publishes The New Network Compact: Making the IP Transition Work for Vulnerable Communities
Policy World: Tom Wheeler is appointed FCC Chairman (-2017)
World: Japan's SoftBank completes purchase of Sprint
2012
2012
Benton: 1. To help communities attempting to take control of their broadband futures, Benton and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance publish Chris Mitchell's Broadband at the Speed of Light: How Three Communities Built Next-Generation Networks; 2. Charles Benton honored with Everett C. Parker Award from United Church of Christ’s Office of Communication Inc.; 3. Charles Benton sworn in to serve on the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Board
World: Demonstrations against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) make for biggest online protest day ever; President Obama reelected
2011
2011
Benton: 1. Benton reports on National Broadband Plan progress, including universal service reform; 2. Alliance for Communications Democracy and Benton release nationwide Public, Educational, and Governmental Access Channels (PEG) study
World: Comcast purchases NBC Universal
2010
2010
Policy World: FCC releases Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan
2009
2009
Policy World: Congresses passes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act providing $7.2B to expand broadband's reach, calling for a National Broadband Plan and a National Broadband Map; Julius Genachowski is appointed FCC Chairman (-2013)
2008
2008
Benton: Benton writes An Action Plan for America: Using Technology and Innovation to Address Our Nation's Critical Challenges calling for a national broadband strategy
World: Barack Obama elected President of the United States
2007
2007
Benton: 1. Charles Benton asks President Bush for a national broadband strategy to guarantee universal, affordable communications access for all Americans; 2. Benton publishes Jim Kohlenberger's Universal Affordable Broadband for All American: How to Modernize Universal Service for the 21st Century and Connect Americans to a New Era of Digital Opportunity; 3. Benton and Robert Woods Johnson Foundation launch New Routes in Community Health; 4. Alliance for Public Technology honors Charles Benton with Susan G. Hadden Pioneer Award; 5. Benton publishes What's Going on in Community Media? with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
World: Apple releases first iPhone