Broadcasting

Alhurra TV: Uncle Sam's Boondoggle

Nancy Snow | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, Dumb Power, Propaganda, Alhurra, Government Propaganda, Soft Power, Public Diplomacy, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Foreign Policy, Broadcast TV, Bbg, Media News
Nancy Snow

I've been sifting through several studies of Alhurra Television that dropped like a "cascade of candor," to paraphrase David Frost's hoped for outcom...

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Making TV Local Again

Doug Krile | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, Low Power Television, Saving Energy, Television, Electricity, Media News
Doug Krile

If the U.S. auto industry shuts down, local TV advertising by auto dealers will quickly dry up. If consumers don't buy cars, local dealers won't continue to buy advertising time on you local TV station.

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Restore the Voice

Murray Fromson | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Broadcasting, Radio Sawa, Voa, Alhurra, Cold War, Public Diplomacy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Voice of America, Willis Conover, Politics News
Murray Fromson

The international buzz caused by President-elect Obama earlier in the month offers him an opportunity to revive what had been a valuable American resource for so many years.

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What's Missing? Optimism, That's What

Doug Krile | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, Television, Advertising, Economy, Financial Crisis, Recession, Media News
Doug Krile

Hang around any television station these days and sniff out the attitude. It's far from positive. Nearly every projection for advertising revenue is headed the wrong way.

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Current FCC Disputes Show Resilience of Long-Term Special Interests

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, Internet, Technology, Fcc, Telephone Companies, Telecom, Media News
Art Brodsky

Should an industry so dedicated to stopping progress deserve any protections without any accompanying responsibilities? Everything should be on the table for discussion.

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Olympic Broadcasters Still At Odds With Chinese Government

AP | STEPHEN WADE | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics Broadcasters, Broadcasting, NBC Olympics, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Government, China, Censorship, China Censorship, Media News

BEIJING — The Beijing Olympics may not look much different from previous games on TV. Behind the studio sets, however, world broadcasters have ...

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Cable & PBS Deliver Powerhouse Presentations at Television Critics Association

Ed Martin | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Television Critics Association, Entertainment News, Pbs, Broadcasting, Cable Networks, Broadcast TV, Entertainment News
Ed Martin

I can't believe that the newspaper, magazine and Web-reading public collectively cares more for the latest unproven broadcast sitcom than it does for the myriad of marvelous offerings on cable television.

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The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters

Tim Robbins | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, Broadcasting, Television, Clear Channel, Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Tv, Tim Robbins, Broadcast Media, Politics News
Tim Robbins

Broadcasters have the power to turn this nation away from the hatred and the divisive dialogue that has rendered such a corrosive effect on our body politic.

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Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Cable, Television, Federal Communications Commission, Tv, Broadcasting, Save the Net, Net Neutrality, Networkneutrality, Media News
Jonathan Rintels

Last week's opening of Hulu and the MPAA's vehement denunciation of net neutrality are intimately related, a double-barreled shot aimed at the heart of the open Internet.

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The Ole Redhead

Bob Edwards | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadcasting, Jackie Robinson, Fridays With Red, Baseball, Mel Allen, Baseball Integration, Curt Smith, Dodgers, Red Barber, Entertainment News
Bob Edwards

The sports world remembers Red Barber as the voice of the Reds, then the Dodgers and then the Yankees. I remember him as a friend, a mentor, and something more.

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