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RTV 3007 Intro to Television CABLE & BROADCAST TV.

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1 RTV 3007 Intro to Television CABLE & BROADCAST TV

2 EARLY BROADCAST REGULATION Radio Act of 1927 Gave Federal Radio Commission the right to allocate radio licenses Regulates radio as “public interest, convenience or necessity” required Regulates both radio and TV Communication Act of 1934 Created the FCC to replace the FRC Set technical standards for radio, telephony and TV

3 CONTEMPORARY BROADCAST REGULATION Telecommunications Act of 1996 Regulated media by content, not technical platform Included Internet services in spectrum allocation Greatly reduced cross-ownership restrictions Eliminated cable “must-carry;” cable operators and cable networks must negotiate for channels

4 CABLE TV REGULATION Local governments may regulate the cost and content of basic tier cable (but not higher tiers) Cable companies must provide a way to “lock out” objectionable channels Cable networks must provide ratings for their programs TV-Y TV-Y7 TV-G TV-PG TV-14 TV-MA

5 CABLE TV REGULATION Cable networks are limited to 12 minutes of advertising per hour during programming targeted to children under 12 years of age Cable system operators must provide Equal Access to all legally qualified political candidates running for office Local governments may require cable companies to set aside some channels for Public, Education or Governmental use (PEG). Cable operators may not control the content of these channels.

6 CABLE STATISTICS ~54 million US subscribers to cable TV ~54 million US subscribers to broadband Internet over cable 5% of broadband users do not watch cable or broadcast TV 28 million US subscribers receive telephone service over cable 900+ national cable networks 97.3% of cable programming is watched “live” (original broadcast or re-broadcast); 3.4% is watched on-demand More cable stats: https://www.ncta.com/industry-datahttps://www.ncta.com/industry-data

7 TOP CABLE TV OPERATORS Comcast – 23 million subscribers Time-Warner Cable – 14 million subscribers Cox Communication – 6.2 million subscribers Verizon FIOS – 5 million subscribers AT&T U-Verse – 5.9 million subscribers

8 TOP 10 CABLE NETWORKS 2013 (TOTAL DAY) USA – 2.75 million avg viewers Disney – 2.49 million avg viewers History – 2.16 million avg viewers TNT – 2.13 million avg viewers TBS – 2.07 million avg viewers ESPN – 2.05 million avg viewers Source: Variety http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/tbs-usa-lead-the-way-among-top-rated-cable-nets-of-2013-1200949512/

9 HIGHEST-RATED CABLE TV SHOWS 2013 The Walking Dead– 16.6 million viewers – AMC Duck Dynasty – 13.37 million viewers – A&E The Bible – 13.19 million viewers - History Breaking Bad – 8.48 million viewers - AMC Rizzoli & Ives– 8.33 million viewers –TNT Sons of Anarchy - 7.09 million viewers – FX Major Crimes – 6.45 million viewers – TNT Longmire – 5.95 million viewers – A&E American Horror Story – 5.94 million viewers - FX Weekly stats: http://www.nielsen.com/content/corporate/us/en/top10s.html Source: Variety http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/tbs-usa-lead-the-way-among-top-rated-cable-nets-of-2013-1200949512/

10 HIGHEST-RATED BROADCAST TV SHOWS 2013 1 RATING POINT = 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS NFL Sunday Night Football, NBC (8.0 rating or 10.4 million viewers ) The Big Bang Theory, CBS (6.2) NFL Sunday Pre-kick, NBC (5.6) OT, FOX (5.3) The Voice, NBC (4.6) Modern Family, ABC (4.5) Grey’s Anatomy, ABC (4.5) The Blacklist, NBC; How I Met Your Mother, CBS (4.3) Football Night in America, NBC; The Voice, NBC; Scandal, ABC (4.2) Source: Entertainment Weekly: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/20/top-50-broadcast-tv-shows-of-2013-14/


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