http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/29/copps-on-net-neutrality-and-media-consolidation/ Where TV Finds the Future Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/29/copps-on-net-neutrality-and-media-consolidation/#comment-472597 Steve Boriss Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:25:14 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/29/copps-on-net-neutrality-and-media-consolidation/#comment-472597 Just watched the entire video. The enemy is Mr. Copps and all those who want to take the Internet away from the people and give it to the government, under the false pretense that they are the ones giving it to the people and not simply placing it in their own power-grubbing hands. We have not had diversity of opinion on broadcast for decades because programmers have been afraid that controversial programming might cost them their licenses. Note how much more diversity we have on the unregulated media of the Internet, cable TV, and radio (since the '87 lapse of the fairness doctrine). Hands-off the Internet! (Steve Boriss, TheFutureOfNews.com) Just watched the entire video. The enemy is Mr. Copps and all those who want to take the Internet away from the people and give it to the government, under the false pretense that they are the ones giving it to the people and not simply placing it in their own power-grubbing hands. We have not had diversity of opinion on broadcast for decades because programmers have been afraid that controversial programming might cost them their licenses. Note how much more diversity we have on the unregulated media of the Internet, cable TV, and radio (since the ‘87 lapse of the fairness doctrine). Hands-off the Internet! (Steve Boriss, TheFutureOfNews.com)

]]> http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/29/copps-on-net-neutrality-and-media-consolidation/#comment-472294 Nabisco Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:39:31 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/29/copps-on-net-neutrality-and-media-consolidation/#comment-472294 I do some work with the NAB and Copps is mistaken in his assertion that media consolidation is the enemy of diversity. When one market contains several owners, each owner will air the programming that is most profitable in that market. Often, this practice results in a market that might contain, for example, five rock stations but zero classical or jazz stations. However, when fewer owners operate in a market, the owners have greater reason to diversify their programming, as there is no financial incentive for one owner to broadcast more than one station of any genre. I do some work with the NAB and Copps is mistaken in his assertion that media consolidation is the enemy of diversity. When one market contains several owners, each owner will air the programming that is most profitable in that market. Often, this practice results in a market that might contain, for example, five rock stations but zero classical or jazz stations. However, when fewer owners operate in a market, the owners have greater reason to diversify their programming, as there is no financial incentive for one owner to broadcast more than one station of any genre.

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