Broadcast vs. Broadband
Internet TV Network TV Worldwide
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/broadbandpolicy/100310/
The interactive live webcast will feature Blair Levin, Executive Director of the FCC's Omnibus Broadband initiative, who will join hosts Jim Baller and Marty Stern to discuss the latest thinking on repurposing broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband as part of the National broadband Plan, and how the idea has evolved since it was raised in late 2009.
The program will also include a live, spirited discussion with broadband proponent Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation, David L. Donovan of the Association for Maximum Service Television for the broadcast industry, and industry analyst Jeffrey S. Silva of Medley Global Advisors. The panel will also take questions from the online audience in this live, interactive event.
This program is the second in a series of live broadband webcasts carried on TV Worldwides recently-launched BroadbandUS TV (www.BroadbandUS.TV) Internet TV channel, being produced in association with K&L Gates and the Baller Herbst Law Group, and is a follow-on to February 12, 2010 webcast on the latest funding round of the Broadband Stimulus which generated strong industry interest and attendance. BroadbandUS TV is dedicated to providing interesting, stimulating and balanced video programming relevant to broadband policy and industry issues, and will feature upcoming events on the release of the National Broadband Plan and the Open Internet debate, as well as the near-term launch of its video blog.