Sep 19 Watch CBS Sports President Sean McManus CBS Sports President Sean McManus discusses the surge in demand for broadcast sports, why football is the most profitable venue for television, the migration of televised sports from broadcast to cable networks, and new strategies to capture the attention of… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch ESPN and ABC Sports President George Bodenheimer George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports, discusses how his networks score major advertising contracts and capture new viewers of extensive sports programming. Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Changing the Game Big money is changing the presentation of sports on television, and in some cases, the sports themselves. Terence Smith looks at the changing world of televised sports, and why the traditional "stick-and-ball" sports, like baseball and basketball, have migrated to… Continue watching
Sep 18 BBC Correspondent Admits Errors in Report on Iraq Intelligence A British Broadcasting Corp. radio journalist Wednesday admitted he made several errors in his report that accused Prime Minister Tony Blair's aides of "sexing up" intelligence data to bolster its case for war with Iraq. Continue reading
Sep 16 Senate Votes to Reverse New Media Rules The Republican-led Senate on Tuesday voted to rescind new federal regulations allowing media companies to own more local TV stations and newspapers in a single market and expand their national reach. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Rewriting the FCC Rules Terence Smith looks at the various legislative methods Congress is pursuing to undo all or elements of the new FCC rules, and considers the Senate-approved resolution's prospects in the House and the White House. Continue watching
Sep 09 Music Industry Files Hundreds of Lawsuits Against Internet Song Swappers The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Monday filed lawsuits against 261 people across the country for allegedly downloading thousands of copyrighted songs via popular Internet file-sharing networks. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Illegally Downloading Music The Recording Industry Association of America on Monday filed lawsuits against 261 people for allegedly downloading thousands of copyrighted songs via popular Internet file-sharing networks. Two musicians debate the merits of the RIAA's move and its effect on the music… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Hitler’s Filmmaker: Leni Riefenstahl Leni Riefenstahl, the woman who made Adolf Hitler's propaganda films, died in Germany. Jeffrey Brown discusses the impact of her film "The Triumph of the Will" with Claudia Koonz, a professor of history at Duke University. Continue watching
Sep 05 Senate Panel Opposes New Federal Media Rules The Senate Appropriations Committee late Thursday approved an amendment that would prevent federal regulators from letting media companies acquire more television stations and expand their reach of the national television market. Continue reading