By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-16-22 In a loss for Big Tech and its ad base, a federal appeals court has concluded that corporations do not have a “freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say,” and so has paved the way for a Texas law (HB 20) that restricts how social media [...]
A newly released Special Report, The New Rules of Media Measurement, advises the media industry to adopt both a uniform method (currency) for measuring TV audiences and an industry-agreed set of principles and best practices. The Report, authored by media and advertising expert Adonis Hoffman, also encourages the industry to bolster its own self-regulatory [...]
FOR RELEASE: September 12, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., September 12, 2022 – A veteran television journalist and an accomplished leader in public broadcasting will present awards at The Media Institute’s “Free Speech America” Virtual Gala on Oct. 19. NBC News correspondent Harry Smith will present the Freedom [...]
By Tam Williams, Contributing Analyst, Parks Associates Streaming dominates video consumption but has entered a new era of slower growth and re-aggregation. Although the streaming market is maturing, it is by no means settled. US video viewers face a widening number of options for satisfying their video consumption. Consumers find themselves confronting a series of [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 8-17-22 The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a public forum on its proposed rulemaking targeting what it calls “commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers and competition,” by which it means, among other things, data collection for online targeted advertising. The September 8 forum will be virtual [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 8-11-22 The Federal Trade Commission has signaled it could impose new rules on “commercial surveillance,” by which it means “the business of collecting, analyzing and profiting from information about people.” Such rules have obvious implications for the targeted online advertising that undergirds the free content model. The FTC Advance [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 8-11-22 Cable operators are telling the FCC that it should continue to require broadcasters transitioning to ATSC 3.0 to deliver a signal in the current ATSC 1.0 standard, and that the programming on that signal must still be substantially similar to their ATSC 3.0 signal. The FCC sought input [...]
FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington Will Be Featured Speaker at Oct. 19 Virtual EventFOR RELEASE: August 5, 2022Contact: Richard T. KaplarThe Media Institute703-506-8030Vienna, Va., August 5, 2022 – The Media Institute will honor Lester Holt, anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” and anchor of “Dateline NBC,” and renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns at its [...]
By Sadirah Pathan, Contributor, Parks Associates Consumer expectations of personalized experiences and discovery are higher than ever, with video services and entertainment devices providing user-specific interfaces, search results, viewing recommendations, and advertising. As video services and aggregators grapple with greater personalization and discovery across content sources, the impact of these challenges has major ramifications for services. [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 7-29-22 FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says she is all for the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, which would reclassify Internet access as a Title II telecommunications service and return the FCC’s authority to impose net neutrality rules. That authority went away in 2017 when the FCC under then [...]