PBS: More Essential Than Ever. PBS President Pat Mitchell will make a major
speech on the future of public TV today. For this and other upcoming media
policy events, see http://www.benton.org/calendar.htm
TELEVISION
Broken Promises: How Digital Broadcasters Are Failing to Serve the Public
Interest
Deaf Complain About Idol Captioning
Barton Bill Outlines Dual-Carriage Scenario
Budget Considerations Drove 2008 Transition Date in DTV Bill
Television Reloaded
"Big 3" Revenues
Assaults on TV Misdirected
MEDIA
Why We Need A Media And Democracy Act
Media Often Ignore Women as Sources, New Study Finds
QUICKLY -- Preparing for WRC; Low Power TV; House Votes to Outlaw Computer
Spyware; Is this TV's Future?; Jammed Radio Signal Cited in Capital Plane
Incident; Toward a 'Faith-Based' Fourth Estate; Microsoft Must Comply or
Face Fine; Gates Funds more High-Tech Schools
TELEVISION
BROKEN PROMISES: HOW DIGITAL BROADCASTERS ARE FAILING TO SERVE PUBLIC INTEREST
Local public affairs programming is practically non-existent on digital
television, according to a study released Monday by the Media Policy
Program of the Campaign Legal Center. Among the key findings: 1) Only 0.3%
of digital programming focused on local public affairs