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The New Television: He should know better

During a Q&A session at this month’s Consumer Electronics Show, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell was asked about TiVo, the digital video recorder service.

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Michael Copps

Democratic FCC Commissioner Michael Copps doesn’t look like much of a pugilist.

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Profile: John Utley

Title: VP, U.S. business development for Teletrax

Michael Powell

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell’s major accomplishment during 2002 was to give the long-faltering transition to digital television a jolt by threatening regulatory action if affected industry sectors didn’t volunteer to move on their own. When the consumer electronics…

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Quick Takes

“I will attend. Even with attendance down it is still the one chance a year to see what’s new in the syndication marketplace. You always hope to meet the one company that does not travel into markets that has the…

Bruce Rosenblum

Bruce Rosenblum ended the year the way he began it, creating open-ended deals with competitors as Warner Bros. Television-a network production unit under Mr. Roth’s guidance-expands its reach into the broadcast audience.