OPEN MEETING OF
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS
OF DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTERS
University of Southern California
Annenberg School for Communication
3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281
March 2, 1998
AGENDA
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome
Geoffrey Cowan, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication Opening Remarks Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Leslie Moonves, President, CBS Television 9:15 a.m. |
PANEL: Independent Programming and Access in the Digital Age
| Moderator: James Yee, Executive Director, Independent Television Service Gerald I. Isenberg, Chairman, Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors and Executive Director, Electronic Media Programs, USC School of Cinema-Television Herbert Chao Gunther, President and Executive Director, Public Media Center Kelley Carpenter, Director, Southern California Indian Center Marian Rees, Marian Rees Associates, Inc. and Co-Chair, National Council for Families and Television Committee Discussion 10:30 a.m. |
Break | 10:45 a.m. |
PANEL: Political Broadcasting
| Moderator: Cass R. Sunstein, Professor, University of Chicago Law School Tracy A. Westen, President, Center for Governmental Studies and Adjunct Professor, Annenberg School for Communication P. Cameron DeVore, Senior Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Paul Taylor, Executive Director, The Free TV for Straight Talk Coalition Committee Discussion 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch Break | 1:30 p.m. |
Reconvene
| Committee Deliberations 4:00 p.m. |
Break | 4:15 p.m. |
Public Comment, Questions and Answers | 4:45 p.m. |
Committee Discussion of Future Agenda | 5:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
| Leslie Moonves; Norman Ornstein 5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn | |