Word: broadcasting
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What the two are talking about are technological advances which will make possible-indeed inevitable-the first major restricting of the commercial television industry since its inception. If the alternate television movement succeeds, television will not be broadcast, it will be narrowest: that is, television will no longer originate solely from the highly centralized monolithic structure the networks now form. The networks will be decentralized, removed from private ownership and commercial sponsorship, free from censorship of any kind. Television will become the center of a revolutionary communications system which could provide the public with instant access...
Whether the alternate television movement succeeds or not television as we know it is in for some radical changes in the next few years. Video-cassettes and videocartridges will be marketed. Cable television (CATV), heretofore providing only network programming to areas outside the range of broadcast TV, will move into the major urban areas, offering a wider selection and, hopefully, better programming. The larger concern of the alternate television movement is, of course, that a medium with such potential not be limited to televising live home games of the New York Knickerbockers or offering instant access to the Best...
...several senior Harvard officials tell them that the period of disruptive protest seemed to be on the wane, and that the University was now preoccupied with such issues as educational reform, merger, relations with the community, and an imminent financial squeeze. The two panel sessions were taped and then broadcast over Chicago radio during the weekend...
...Chicano group offered to provide a transcript and to have a translator present during each broadcast. The radio station, however, did not think these measures were sufficient...
...format of the debate, which was sponsored, moderated and broadcast by WHRB, included 15-minute presentations by both sides followed by a series of ten-minute rebuttals...