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attitudes of American households begin to shift, the FCC should enact a new regulation to best fit the changing viewership of consumers. At its simplest form, this new rule would allow television consumers to have the option to pick and choose the individual television channels they desire to pay for, instead of having to pay for an entire cable “package”, while still including the “basic” cable service. Essentially, this new regulation would force cable TV providers to allow the option for an à

Netflix. From college students using the application as a form of procrastination, and being the quintessential application to use for a date night, Netflix has constantly innovated the way individuals interact with it. Joe Nocera, writing for The New York Times, wrote that “[Netflix] invented the binge-streaming phenomenon when it became the first company to put a show’s entire season online at once, it then secured a place in the popular culture: “Netflix and chill”. In fact, “Netflix and chill”

group owner from dominating the national media market (The American Presidency Project, 2016).” The problem with this statement is that in today’s society this is not true. Currently, 90 percent of the media is owned by just six companies: Viacom, News Corporation, CBS, Comcast, Disney, and Time Warner (Corcoran, 2016). These six companies shape global political views and cover Presidential elections in America. AT&T whom which currently owns Directv has now purchased Time Warner Inc. (De la Merced

Beginning as a joint venture created by 21st Century Fox and NBCUniversal to “distribute their television programming over the Internet,” (Harvard 2017) Hulu has expanded generously, offering the four largest broadcasting networks. In the wake of a new television era, Hulu has the potential to serve as a Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD). The following write-up includes an analysis of Hulu’s current market standings, including an investigation of growth statistics as well as the company’s

Cathy Fink- after spending more time than I probably should have, I was able to track-down the original source of her money. (I didn’t see anything about this in Rick Jacob’s RE record). It turns out that Cathy is the granddaughter of Theodore Baumritter, the co-founder of what today is known as Ethan Allen Interiors-the well-known furniture retailer. The Baumritter Corporation was established in 1932, later changing its name to Ethan Allen Inc. in 1969. In 1980, Interco Inc. bought the company

When people generally think of television, most may assume it rots the mind. Freelance writer Rachel Krantz not only believes that TV is not useful for your mind, it “may kill you, decrease your chances of having kids, ruin the ones you do have, and possibly turn you violent.” Could any of this have happened to me as I was binge-watching The Simpsons from seasons one to eight during the summer? I initially thought that this show was prone to dumb me down as I did this, but instead it enlightened

When I first cut the cord, many friends wondered how I would watch hit cable TV shows without a cable subscription. As I explain in my post on how to watch “The Walking Dead” without cable, not only is it possible to watch without cable, but you can even own the current season and watch it as much as you want. So, whenever a highly anticipated show is about to premiere, I like to go over all the possible ways to watch for those who don’t have a cable TV or satellite subscription. Well, on August

Instructor assignment #4: Media Plan for IZZE Sparkling Soda The media we chose to put an emphasis on is radio, Internet and cable television. The percentages for each are radio 40%, Internet 30% and cable television 30%. For radio we have strategically chosen to place our advertisements on the weekday morning drive time from 6am to 10am and on weekends from 7pm to midnight. The vehicles chosen for Internet are the websites iTunes, ESPN and iHeart Radio. For Cable Television services we have

Thus, consumers can stream content from anywhere. In addition, consumers can download TV shows and movies to their smartphones, if they are traveling, and it is difficult to access the internet. Ledbetter from The Huffington Post reports “[Netflix’s new feature] lets users watch some of their favorite shows and movies whenever and wherever they want, without internet” (1). In addition, Netflix offers an audio

By the end of 2017, over 15.4 million people in the US will cut their cable. Who can blame them? Cable hasn’t evolved in last 10 years and cost of keeping cable is getting expensive every year. Nevertheless, several people are still paying for cable, when we have streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. Streaming services are a superior alternative to cable because they are cost-effective, more accessible, interactive, uses an advanced algorithm to learn about the viewer and they don’t