Doing well by doing good: the Gore Commission’s hope for digital broadcasting in the public interest
Nolan A. Bowie
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA)
Hugh Carter Donahue
(Annenberg Public Policy Center, 4025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA)
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Abstract
Recounts how, in 1977, President Clinton appointed an advisory committee (the Gore Commission) to chart a reasonable course for digital television, which at its simplest is much “snazzier” than analogue. Looks at public broadcast networks, such as cable and Mitsubishi’s underwriting of 10‐15 hours of weekly prime‐time entertainment programming on CBS for one year, at a reported cost of $20,000 to $30,000 per hour.
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Citation
Bowie, N.A. and Carter Donahue, H. (1999), "Doing well by doing good: the Gore Commission’s hope for digital broadcasting in the public interest", info, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 127-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636699910800963
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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