The annual National Association of Broadcasters conference opened today in Las Vegas, and in his opening speech NAB President Gordon Smith “called on broadcasters to envision a world remade by new broadcast technology, one aided by NAB lobbying gains in recent months, as well as to envision a world without broadcasting,” B&C reports.
Smith’s theme was “standing on the shoulders of giants.”
He noted a number of key wins in Washington, including FCC approval of voluntary deployment of the Next Gen TV standard, fighting off a $169 billion tax on advertising, modernizing media ownership rules at the FCC, and securing $1 billion in legislation passed by Congress to reimburse radio and television stations for their costs during the spectrum repacking process.
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The government gives $1B to radio and television stations, but can’t approve the AT&T merger with Warner, which would be good for consumers as it would give more competition for Hulu, Netflix and Amazon?