idiot is watching it. at this point in time, what is known as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain and if we have something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere with the media. you have a responsibility to give the audience what it tendon to say. for years, the 60s, which end in a few hours have a reputation which is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv news coverage is better, not worse, we developed more demanding standards. when i look at the tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. mort was allowed than had been before. it was the last decade where it was a camp fire television, there was one in the living room. i m going to watch an all- black show for a change. where will you find one? here s one. young people were
interfere with the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an all-black show for a change. oh, where are you going to find one? here s one the los angeles lakers against the milwaukee bucks. young people were interested in relevant things. and so television began to reflect that. this is cbs. really it was very simple. you had three channels plus pbs. when the decade turned over into the 70s, t
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hbo and the cable industry. if you re a fan, what you ll see in the next minutes to follow may convince you you ve gone to sports heaven. miller: in the mid- 70s in the sports world, there were just these three giants cbs, abc, nbc. and then in connecticut, somebody got a hold of a transponder. the picture you re watching right now has been taken by a camera sent through some sophisticated equipment to this earth transmitting station. miller: this guy, bill rasmussen, who had been fired from his job and just trying to figure out a way to deliver local cable sports. then when they found out about the satellite, they said, so, can we cover the whole state? and the guy looked and he said, no, you don t understand. shales: for another 25 cents or whatever, you can send this all over the country. and they went, oh, gee, why would anyone want to do that? they didn t quite know what they had. and he wound up revolutionizing television sports. welcome, everyone, to the espn sportscen