Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasters Blame Big Tech for Diversity Deficits
Broadcasters are pushing back hard on the Federal Communications Commission’s potential restoration of the mandate that broadcasters file data on the diversity of their workforces and that the data be available to the public, including by blaming Big Tech for some of broadcasting's diversity recruiting problems. The annual collection of Form 395-B data on workforce composition (race and gender) has been in limbo for two decades.
National Association of Broadcasters: Streaming Needs To Get Its Competitive Due (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 02/18/2022 - 12:26TVB Study: Television is Most Important in Influencing Purchase (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 14:14Magnite Survey: 44 Percent of Cable Subs Would Cancel If They Could Stream Live Sports and Events (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 02/16/2022 - 15:36OneWeb Launches 34 Broadband Satellites (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 02/14/2022 - 17:46Black Viewers See Modest Increase in Positive Representation on TV (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 17:12ABC Owned Stations Launches Local Streaming Channels (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 13:21How the Pandemic Has Permanently Changed TV (Broadcasting & Cable)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 13:19Gigi Sohn Will Recuse From Retransmission, Broadcast Copyright Issues
Democratic Federal Communications Commission nominee Gigi Sohn [Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society] has promised that, if confirmed to the open seat, she will recuse herself from decisions where retransmission consent or TV broadcast copyright are material issues. Sohn was a board member of TV station streamer Locast, which a court concluded had violated copyright by streaming broadcasts without permission or compensation. Republicans and some broadcasters had issues with that connection, suggesting it could be a conflict of interest.