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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 19:42:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: TV Channel-Sharing Study: A Report on the Report
Message-ID: <b8178750-9eeb-4072-b600-78338c77fda2@googlegroups.com>
By Steve Lovelady, CommLawBlog, April 13, 2014
| Does the report on the first formal tests of a TV channel-sharing
| arrangement really say what FCC Chair Tom Wheeler says it says? YOU
| make the call.
|
| At the recent NAB Show in Las Vegas, Chairman Wheeler came on like
| a cheerleader at a pep rally, touting the upcoming incentive
| auction program. (For readers who weren't there, it was something
| like Darth Vader trying to sell the Rebel Alliance on the obvious
| benefits available to Empire participants.) According to Wheeler,
| the auction presents "a terrific financial opportunity for
| broadcasters" -- and that's because of the possibility of certain
| cooperative agreements between TV licensees. This is, of course,
| the same Chairman Wheeler who, just days earlier, had put the
| kibosh on cooperation between TV licensees in the shape of joint
| sales agreements (while also raising a critical eyebrow at shared
| services agreements and joint retransmission consent negotiations).
|
| But those types of cooperation are different.
|
| In Vegas, Wheeler was talking about channel-sharing arrangements in
| which two stations use common transmission facilities, arrangements
| which can provide "under-considered and under-appreciated"
| benefits. And how is he so sure about that? It turns out that a
| report has been prepared describing the first formal test of
| channel sharing and, to hear the Chairman tell it, the report makes
| a "compelling case" for that practice. He said that he hopes
| broadcasters "closely study" the report.
Continued:
http://www.commlawblog.com/2014/04/articles/broadcast/tv-channelsharing-study-a-report-on-the-report/index.html
-or-
http://tinyurl.com/nadexr5
As T-D readers may recall from my previous posts, Tom Wheeler is the
current Chairman of the FCC and the former President of the National
Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA). Not to be confused
with Michael Powell, the current President of the NCTA and former
Chairman of the FCC.
The revolving door revolves both ways.
Neal McLain
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:17:09 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Yahoo Rolls the Dice on TV
Message-ID: <p06240818cf7111995541@[10.0.1.6]>
Yahoo Rolls the Dice on TV
David Carr
APRIL 13, 2014
Yahoo, a company that seems like a permanent adolescent in search of
an identity, is about to try a new persona: high-quality television
programmer.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the company's chief executive,
Marissa Mayer, is "looking for series that are ready to launch and
don't require a lot of development."
Well, aren't we all?
At a time when the culture is addicted to high-end television
narratives, Yahoo wants in on the action, partly because while its
site may have (flat) traffic - 700 million global visits a month -
and (declining) revenue, it has zero cachet and no discernible way
forward.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/business/media/yahoo-rolls-the-dice-on-tv.html
[moderator pro tem's note: anybody remember Yahoo's acquisition of broadcast.com from Mark Cuban? It takes that kind of money to buy a basketball team and join the Shark Tank.]
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