Gathered in this little room off the Senate Chamber, and he came bustling in and sat down with us. For the next 30 to 40 minutes, we all talked with him about health care while literally a dozen members of the u. S. Senate at one point or another poked their head in. And in those kinds of conversations you have with people that you really know, abbreviated little, did you look after yeah, i am on that and did you take, yeah, i got that. Back and forth, back and forth between him and his colleagues in the u. S. Senate. And when we left that day, i thought to myself, in a business where it is so much easier to stop something from happening than it is to actually find your way to get something done, this is how this guy succeeds. Relationships, trust followthrough. It was all on display that day as a sidebar to the meeting that we were having about health care. In short, senator kennedy absolutely was the bigfoot from massachusetts in so many ways if you needed somebody to help you get so
The sad thing was the war of 1812 when everything was burned. Then they had to start piecemeal since then and every president who came didnt like what was there in the state have auctions in the square. Then every president could change the decor if they wanted once president grant had the blue room pilot and Chester Arthur had at robins egg blue and finally that was all stopped at the time of Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. This week on the communicators we focus on the future of television. Former fcc chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner Robert Mcdowell followed by our discussion with congress and greg walden chairman of the house subcommittee on communications and technology. We are anna lindhs gate that is absolutely shifted and there are areas of the statutory scheme where it makes sense to look at it and say are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace . Fundamentally having this kind of competition programming innovation access by new players to consum
Chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. Thats followed by our discussion with congressman greg walden, chairman of the house subcommittee on communications and technology. Guest were in a landscape thats absolutely shifting, and there are areas of the statutory scheme where it would make sense to look at and say are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace. Fundamentally, having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. Obviously, whats happening on tablets is amazing. Whats starting to happen in the living room is very exciting. Were in just an incredible time when it comes to the delivery of video programming to consumers. There are issues. We heard it at the commission, both of us did, from distributers who were concerned about the costs of programming. Consumers are concerned about the costs of programming, so thats an issue of i thin
Scheme where it makes sense to look at and say, are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace . Having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. What is happening on tablets is amazing. What is starting to happen in the living room is very exciting. We are in an incredible time when it comes to delivery of video programming. There are issues. We heard it at the commission from distributors who are concerned about the cost of programming. Consumers are concerned about the cost. That is an issue that we need to continue to look at. I think this is an area where the glass is half full at least because we are seeing exciting new competition and creativity in this part of the landscape. I would say the glass is flowing over. I look at this market through the eyes of my kids. What are the Consumption Habits . They have more choices than any human being in history in terms of wh
Senator smith, could you start by talking to us about how people watch television in the current day as, say, opposed to a few years ago . Broadcasting is affected by that. We remain highly relevant because what we do is local, and as to those who want to get it the oldfashioned way, it is free, and yet, you have satellite, you have cable, and now you have the internet, through hulu or netflix, which are other ways to access television, so television remains highly relevant to the future. When you look at the top 100 programs that are watched, 90 of them are broadcast, content. I think the future is bright, indeed. 90 of them are broadcast content. We are a mobile society, and so the challenge is to make sure that we are on pads, computers, phones, as well as traditional viewing, now with a wonderful highdefinition television screen. The other challenge we have is that spectrum is a finite resource, and others want that resource, and there is not enough spectrum in the resources to do