5 posts and columns on National Association of Broadcasters

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TV Helped Drive Traffic to Online Poker Web Sites, Irking Justice Department

in News on July 26, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

In 2003 after PartyPoker.com advertized on one episode of “World Poker Tour,” then on Travel Channel, the website saw a surge in traffic, making it one of the most popular poker-gambling websites in the U.S.

Obama's Wireless Broadband Plan: 98 Percent or Bust

in Enterprise on February 10, 2011 at 2:52 pm PT

The president outlines how he thinks the country might pay to cover nearly all of the country with a high-speed wireless network.

Digital Bromance: Producer Lloyd Braun and MSN's Scott Moore Talk About Online Content on a TV Set!

in News on April 13, 2010 at 12:49 pm PT

Yesterday, BoomTown interviewed Hollywood producer Lloyd Braun onstage in Las Vegas at the National Association of Broadcasters annual confab about the future of television in the digital age. Braun, as well as many other longtime entertainment execs, are trying to forge the gap, by trying to operate in both worlds. So last week, I motored down to Long Beach to the set of a very elaborate pilot for an action drama that he is shooting for NBC called “The Cape,” to talk about television, as well the latest Web site he launched in partnership with Microsoft’s MSN.

Crucial Dolly Parton Endorsement Fails to Swing "White Spaces" Vote

in News on November 5, 2008 at 5:48 am PT

Over the objections of television broadcasters, theater producers and Dolly Parton, the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday approved a plan to open up unused frequencies between television channels–known as “white spaces”–for a national broadband network. This 300MHz to 400MHz range of unused spectrum lies between channels 2 to 51 on analog television sets and is perfect for offering wireless broadband services because it’s able to carry signals long distances and easily penetrate trees and walls. And while critics argue that using them in this way might interfere with TV signals or, heaven forbid, the wireless microphones in Dolly Parton’s Broadway production of “9 to 5,” the FCC felt such concerns to be overblown and ruled the country would be better served if the spectrum were opened up for free public use.

Crucial Dolly Parton Endorsement Fails to Swing “White Spaces” Vote

in News on November 5, 2008 at 5:48 am PT

Over the objections of television broadcasters, theater producers and Dolly Parton, the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday approved a plan to open up unused frequencies between television channels–known as “white spaces”–for a national broadband network. This 300MHz to 400MHz range of unused spectrum lies between channels 2 to 51 on analog television sets and is perfect for offering wireless broadband services because it’s able to carry signals long distances and easily penetrate trees and walls. And while critics argue that using them in this way might interfere with TV signals or, heaven forbid, the wireless microphones in Dolly Parton’s Broadway production of “9 to 5,” the FCC felt such concerns to be overblown and ruled the country would be better served if the spectrum were opened up for free public use.