On Opening Day, baseball should feel like a national holiday. Friends and families gather around TVs and radios in living rooms, bars and break rooms …
America’s Favorite Pastime Went Behind a Paywall, and Fans are Fed Up
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To Keep Live Sports Free and Local, It Is Time to Modernize Broadcast Ownership Rules
Last week, Sen. Mike Lee (UT) raised important questions about the regulations governing sports broadcasting. This follows a public notice from the Federal Communications Commission …
NAB’s Curtis LeGeyt to Congress: The Broadcast Ownership Cap Hurts Local News
NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt delivered a clear message yesterday on Capitol Hill: outdated regulations are undermining local journalism. During a Senate Commerce Committee …
Eliminating the National Ownership Cap Protects Religious Broadcasters and other Diverse Voices
Americans are looking for a media landscape that reflects the full diversity of our communities. That includes varied political viewpoints, local journalism, cultural programming and …
The Anonymous Anti-Broadcast Manifesto: When a White Paper Won’t Even Sign Its Own Homework
Ah, the latest “white paper” so obviously sponsored by the pay TV industry — this time, from Kressin Powers — a firm so confident in …
The Desperation of National Cap Objectors
We’re now at the predictable moment in a Washington fight when the losing side abandons policy arguments and retreats to the last refuge of the …
The Future of Broadcasting is Clear: Momentum Builds for America’s Transition to NextGen TV
Momentum is building for America’s transition to the next generation of free television service – better picture and sound, hyperlocal weather and emergency alerting, all …
Broadcast TV Is Innovating While Cable and Tech Lobbyists Are Panicking
Another day, another reflexive, innovation-blocking FCC filing from the usual suspects – cable lobbyists, legacy advocacy groups and industry players who oppose anything that might …
Looking to Broadcasting’s Future at NAB Show
Last week, at NAB Show in Las Vegas, our president and CEO Curtis LeGeyt had the opportunity to speak with broadcasters at every level of …
It’s Time for the FCC to Eliminate Its Arbitrary National Broadcast Ownership Cap
Today, NAB urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to eliminate its cap on the percentage of Americans any one broadcast group can serve. Only broadcasters …