Host the communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We are going to show you some of the interviews were conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology leaders. And now joining us on the communicators is susan ness. Commissioner ness, what were some of issues you dealt with back in the 90s when you are an fcc commissioner . Guest peter, was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the length of the communications highways from analog to digital. So that was cable, broadcast, satellite. The satellites have been launched but with the service d not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards which is radio standard. My First Commission meeting we did band plan. It was an extraordinary time. And we were just given Auction Authority so we began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand placards to bid. So it was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we im
The communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We will show you some of the interviews we conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology users. Joining us on the communicators is susan, what were some of the issues you dealt with back in the 1990s when you were the fcc commissioner . It was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the lanes of the communication highway, from analog to digital. That was cable broadcasts, satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards, which are radio standards. My First Commission meeting we did band plans for pcf. And we began the first auction, at which point they actually used the hand placard to bid. It was an exciting time to be there. We also implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telephony and video. And also radically changed
We moved all of the lanes of the communication highlighted and analog to digital. That was cable, broadcast, satellite and the satellites had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We did with the Digital Radio standard and my First Commission meeting we did ban for pcs and over an extraordinary time. And we were just [inaudible] speaking began the first auction at which point they used the hand placard to build. It was an exciting time to be there. Plus, on top of all of that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in the local telepathy and video and also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast widening the ability to consolidate properties. Host looking back 20 years later, did you get it right to connect to the groundwork laid correctly . Guest some of it we did but keep in mind the other thing we did was what was so important cspan can appreciate this greatly is establishing the Program Requirements
David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Many people in the investment world have bought sports teams. Im not one of them. I do admire others who have to have fulfilled their ambitions to get involved in sports. One of them is steve ross. He bought the Miami Dolphins a number of years ago. We developed the stadium area and this year, he was the host for the super bowl. Its an incredible diversion from all the other successful things hes done. Almost everything he touches works out quite well. His business interests, his real estate interests, his sport interests. One of the early signers of the giving pledge, he has given away hundreds of millions of dollars for education and other purposes. I admire him as an investor and as a humanitarian. You will be hosti
Will you fix your tie, please . David people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. [laughter] just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David many people in the investment world have bought sports teams. Im not one of them. But, i do admire others who have fulfilled their ambitions to get involved in sports. One of them is steve ross. He bought the Miami Dolphins a number of years ago, redeveloped the stadium area, and this year, he was the host for the super bowl. Its an incredible diversion from all of the other successful things he has done. Almost everything he touches works out quite well. His business interests, his real estate interests, and now his sports interests. One of the early signers of the giving ple