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Humility. He had a lot of humility about his place in the culture and what he did. It watch this and other programs online epic tv. Org. This week, the communicators go to the eye and tx show in boston, the internet and Television Expo and television association. We interviewed a four sec commissioners. This is a special taping of cspans communicators program. We think in techs for providing us this opportunity. All four commissioners are here and i want to use dart start at the sent. As a regular and as a consumer, what is your view of the cable industry . Wow. First of all, thank you for having me here. It is. It is a treat to be here with my colleagues. In new england, i am a native. It is a is a real joy to come back to boston. That cable industry strikes me as one of the most important infrastructures. It is not just traditional video, but but broadband. It is clear to me that broadband they provide is a Market Leader and it is now gone from luxury to necessity in all of our house
Using our property free, the public airwaves. Tomorrow will be the most coordinated, informed, diverse critique of the mass commercial media ever brought together in one day. And one of them [ applause ] and one of the presenters will be arguably the greatest promoter of the First Amendment in the 20th century, phil donahue. Nobody [ applause ] nobody demonstrated a belief in the First Amendment like phil donahue. He brought on his show, again and again, people who despised him, who disagreed with him, who assailed him, thats the ultimate test of the belief in First Amendment. He will discuss how he broke through one taboo that was conventional taboo for most of the other media after another, and opened huge areas of American Life and voice to expression. Day three will be waging peace over waging war. We want to get rid of this idea that peace is something weak but wars something strong. Our wars have failed again and again, and you will see the documentation of that by some of the mo
Cspan wasagainst one of them. To see more of our 30 years of coverage on the u. S. Senate, go to cspan. Org. This week the communicators comes to the i in tx show in, the internet and Television Expo sponsored by the vacation association. We interviewed for fcc commissioners. As a regulator and a consumer, what is your view of the cable industry . first ofsenworcel all, thank you for having me here. Joy to come back to boston. Supply somedustry of our most important infrastructure. It is not traditional video but rock band. It is clear to me that the broadband they provide is a market leader, and it is now going from luxury to necessity in all of our households because it is an essential part of what we do every day. Ajit pai thank you for having us. Thank you for giving us the opportunity. To me the cable industry has helped to drive the digital revolution. Cities big and small that have taken the risk for nextgeneration networks those investments did not have to be made, that infrast
An hour. Welcome to the midpoint of intx 2016. We have had a great couple of days so far. We met arianna huffington, we talked with michael powell, we had a conversation with brian roberts. Quite a display he put on about the upcoming olympics and the technology. We have had conversations with john king and jorge ramos. We have celebrated terrific events and programs with cable tv pioneers. Fameable center hall of last night, outstanding. Women in cable, a great lunch. Many other groups. On the marketplace floor, we have discovered the joys and wonders of virtual reality. Of tv everywhere. And the everexpanding content display technology. We have also been immersed in news and information about the internet. And television. And imagine part. Through dozens of Panel Sessions and discussions. It is fitting that all of those developments have led to this afternoons great general session, probably the most disruptive of intx 2016. We are going to get to hear from the people who have disrup