The spectrum battle is just a political lobbying
pig dressed up in public-interest lipstick.
Legislation to regulate loud content on TV remains pending on Capitol Hill. Such legislation has circulated before, and nothing new has happened since December on the most recent effort. However, the current proposed law has made it further through the
What’s best for the public interest can be bad for business
The future of TV stations might well be 24/7 generators of local content
for any type of platform from cable to ATSC-enabled iPads. Whatever it becomes,
it’s unlikely to be limping along entirely dependent on regulatory relief.