Sentences with phrase «because public broadcasting»

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Chin said the company is able to broadcast things like the Super Bowl live to tens of thousands of subscribers because each subscriber has an individual antenna and a unique copy of the broadcast, thus enabling it to be considered by some in the eyes of the law as a private performance rather than a public one.

The nature of religious television in America can be seen to be a function of the interaction of four main players; changes over the past decades have come about because of changes in the relative power and relationships of the four following players: (1) the regulatory agencies of the federal government, which, through the legislative process, provide the structure within which interaction inside the television industry takes place; (2) the television industry, primarily network and local station managements, which control the airwaves within the legislated structure; (3) the viewing public, which selects what it is that will be watched; and (4) the religious broadcasters who provide the material for broadcasts.

Deregulation of broadcasting is offensive because it removes the broadcaster's accountability to the public.

The television and cable industries, especially because the broadcast spectrum and wiring systems are limited, have a special responsibility to serve the public - interest.

Because public research funds are often allocated on a strongly socially functional basis, it has only been recently when religious broadcasting had risen to the level of social and political controversy that funds have begun to be allocated for social research into the phenomenon.

Incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo says he's agreed to two debates, both on public broadcasting, with his opponents, but his GOP challenger is angered because the formats do not include a televised contest between the Democratic and Republican candidates.

This sort of public broadcast piece is very difficult for the remote students because you don't want to put your hand up in front of everybody and say «I don't get it» and have a teacher publicly live say «well, let me give you some extra explanation for that» — for some students that's very intimidating.

There is no public testimony, but if you are interested I'd plan on showing up because the last time the Board met with legislators is the only meeting in recent memory that was not broadcast or recorded.

I was surprised how hard it was for them to fill the galleries because everyone seemed to want to do things elsewhere — radio broadcasts, public events, tours or performative projects.

This award is very special because it recognizes what I think of as members of the infantry — reporters who do the heavy lifting, even though they don't personally have the high public profile that some journalists in print and broadcast media attain.

The dentist's clients, on the other hand, were not a «public» because they formed a consistent, determinate group, and because only a small number would be present in the office listening to the broadcast at the same time (SCF, paras. 95 - 96).

Would that not be akin to asserting that, because music is broadcast to the public over the radio, that one should be able to collect, compile and resell those transmissions?

And of course, the broadcasts are free (because they use public airwaves), which is a big deal as major networks demand ever - higher broadcast re-transmission fees from cable and satellite providers.

That is because fiat payment methods, though they don't broadcast every transaction to a public ledger, are still centralized and traceable.