I feel that it’s likely will cease video and sound at some point and the licensees of the spectrum will be use it for data casting. It’s a wildly efficient mechanism for a one to many situation.
Entertainment is not a zero sum game. Broadcast audience measurement. While not the largest portion of viewers, broadcast does serve a large group of Americans every day.
The affiliate system on the other hand is going to die. It is inevitable. Retransmission consent costs and major networks taking the lions share of those revenues from affiliates while putting the best content in their own streaming silos -exclusively- is going to likely be the culprits.
Overall, broadcast is viable even if most of the viewership for its content is via OTT/streaming.
All FCC licensees need to file EEO reports annually. It’s the law. DEI is literally baked into being a licensee. The fact that this is not reported is a mistake when mentioning this, or any license transfer. That is FCC’s domain regarding this deal and why it’s been held up.
Journalists employers are all friends. This Makes it nearly impossible to for journalists in large orgs to stand up to oligarchs. Although it does make for great pageantry for non-billionaires.
That era in social media was so much fun! No expectations and feature rich. +1 for Tom