Communicators with Robert Mudge, Christopher Guttman-McCabe and Harold Feld
RVerizon's Robert Mudge , CTIA's Christopher Guttman-McCabe, and Public Knowledge's Harold Feld talked about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on communications in late October 2012 and what it revealed...
View ArticleCommunicators with Robert Holleyman
Robert Holleyman spoke about cyber security issues including intellectual property theft, data mining, and Internet privacy.
View ArticleCommunicators with Katie Harbath and Adam Conner
Facebook managers Katie Harbath and Adam Conner talked about the role of social media in 2012 political campaigns. The two advise presidential campaigns, the Republican and Democratic National...
View ArticleCommunicators with David Ensor
Director of the Voice of America (VOA) David Ensor discussed changes in the U.S. government-funded national and international news and information network. This week's "The Communicators" is the first...
View ArticleCommunicators with Carter Phillips and Patrick Trueman
Carter Phillips and Patrick Trueman spoke separately about the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision vacating the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy. The Court reviewed the...
View ArticleCommunicators with Rebecca MacKinnon
Rebecca McKinnon talked about her research work in the area of freedom of expression. Her work has focused on the effects of the Internet on free speech, especially in areas of the world where...
View ArticleCommunicators with Erik Barnett
Erik Barnett talked about the role of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in stopping intellectual property theft. ICE recently launched "Operation In Our Sites," a new effort to stop...
View ArticleCommunicators with Joelle Tessler and Amy Schatz
The House and the Senate held hearings looking at the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. Reporters Joelle Tessler and Amy Schatz talked about the House hearing featuring members of Congress...
View ArticleCommunicators with Ajit Pai
Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) newest member, talked about spectrum incentive auctions, expanding broadband, and finding the right balance of regulation and marketplace...
View ArticleConsumer Electronics Show
C-SPAN visited booths of some of the companies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which included demonstrations of some of the newest technology in the fields of solar power, DNA...
View ArticleThe Communicators with Nick Bilton
Nick Bilton talked about the impact of technology on the media.
View ArticleCommunicators with Senator Ron Wyden
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) talked about some of the congressional anti-piracy proposals that would discourage counterfeiters and others from selling bad products or products that are not their own over...
View ArticleCybersecurity Threats
[Washington Post] investigative reporter Robert O'Harrow and computer security researcher Charlie Miller discussed cyber-security vulnerabilities fort all devices ranging from personal computers and...
View ArticleCommunicators with Alec Ross
Alec Ross talked about the use of technology in U.S. foreign policy.
View ArticleNational Wireless Broadband Network
Representative Paul Broun (R-GA), Jim Kirkland, and Fred Schulte talked about LightSquared, a company attempting to build a nation-wide wireless broadband network. Topics included LightSquared's goals...
View ArticleU.S. Computer System Vulnerability
James Lewis talked about the vulnerability of U.S. computer systems to "cyber attacks" after U.S and South Korean computers were hit by a series of attacks on both government and commercial websites....
View ArticleU.S. Cyber Security
Marc Rotenberg and Larry Clinton, two critics of the Obama administration's proposals for reducing cyber threats against the U.S., talked about their objections and criticisms.
View ArticleCommunicators with Catherine Crump
Catherine Crump talked about police use of technology for surveillance purposes. The ACLU recently issued a study that found police had quickly made cell-phone location tracking a widely used means of...
View ArticleCommunicators with David Cohen
David Cohen talked about issues affecting the cable industry and telecommunications in general. Topics included Comcast's sale of spectrum to Verizon, program access rules that were scheduled to expire...
View ArticleCommunicators at the Consumer Electronics Association Fair
Seven technology innovators talked about their latest devices and programs at the Consumer Electronics Association Fair. Some of the inventions included an auto collision prevention system, a way to...
View ArticleSocial Media
Representative Steve Israel talked about how he uses technology and social media to keep members of his district informed about congressional issues. This is the last in a series of programs focusing...
View ArticleCommunicators with Dale Hatfield
Dale Hatfield talked about federal spectrum policy and the spectrum choices facing broadcasters, telecom companies, Congress, President Obama, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr....
View ArticleMusic Industry Issues
David Renzer talked about how the Internet, digital music, and current copyright policy are affecting the music industry. He focused on the implications of online file sharing on the intellectual...
View ArticleGov 2.0 Summit Part 2
Guests were interviewed during the first ever Gov 2.0 Summit, held in Washington, D.C., in September 2009. Guests included Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Beth...
View ArticleCommunicators with Representatives Mac Thornberry and Jim Langevin
Representative Mac Thornberry, chair of the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force, and Democratic Representative Jim Langevin, co-founder of the House Cybersecurity Caucus, talked about the role of...
View ArticleLibrary Perspective
Emily Sheketoff talked about the American Library Association's positions on federal copyright, privacy, and piracy policy. She also discussed how those issues could be effected by President-Elect...
View ArticleCommunicators with Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky talked about the future of Internet access, the growth of "smartphone" use, and the use of social media in political revolutions. Mr. Shirky currently teaches at both the Carter Journalism...
View ArticleMerger Between AT&T and T-Mobile
Jeffrey Silva, senior policy director for Medley Global Advisors, and antitrust Attorney Robert Bell talked about their thoughts on the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. Mr. Silva...
View ArticleCommunicators with Walt Mossberg
Walt Mossberg talked about the future of personal technology, the effects of technology on daily life, and the relationships between technology makers and the federal government.
View ArticleCommunicators with Lewis, Paller, and Lotrionte
James Lewis, Catherine Litronte, and Alan Paller talked about U.S. ability to thwart and prevent attacks on private and public computer systems.
View ArticlePersonal Information on the Internet
Daniel Solove talked about his book [The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet], published by Yale University Press. In his book Mr. Solove contends that people's reputation...
View ArticleGoogle Privacy
Marc Rotenberg talked about Google's new privacy policy, which allows the company to share all of the personal data it has from more than 1 billion users across all of its services. Attorneys general...
View ArticleCommunicators with David Vladeck
David Vladeck talked about the Federal Trade Commission's role in online privacy and how that role could change if legislation passes Congress.
View ArticleCommunicators with Anne Toth
Anne Toth spoke about privacy issues and telecommunications policy. Among the topics she addressed were information collection, consumer relations, and new technologies. "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's...
View ArticleCommunicators with Ross, Losh, and Bladow
Interviews from the GOV 2.0 Summit held at the Washington Convention Center in Washington DC in May of this year. Denice Ross talked about her Center's use of maps and community data in the days...
View ArticleCommunicators with Vonya McCann and Larry Cohen
Vonya McCann and Larry Cohen talked about the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. Topics included its potential impact on the wireless industry, jobs in the U.S., and consumer prices.
View ArticleCommunicators with Scott Cleland and David Balto
Scott Cleland and David Balto talked about Google's practices as the key Internet search engine, and allegations that the company has developed an anti-competitive bias in its search result displays....
View ArticleCommunicators with Mignon Clyburn
Mignon Cyburn talked about issues before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including emergency communications when storms occur or during a potential attack. They discussed the problem that...
View ArticleCommunicators with Meredith Attwell Baker
Meredith Attwell Baker talked about the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) approval of the the Comcast-NBC merger, the commission's efforts on claiming more broadcast spectrum, as well as efforts...
View ArticleCommunicators with Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman talked about efforts by the MPAA to improve copyright protections and to reduce the amount of movies that are stolen through piracy. "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that...
View ArticleCommunicators with Michael Powell and Glenn Britt
Michael Powell and Glenn Britt were interviewed at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Boston. They talked about the state of cable industry, the widening range of content delivery...
View ArticleCommunicators with Michael Powell
Michael Powell of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association talked about the future of television. Topics included a shift from hardware based to software based telecommunications systems,...
View ArticleCommunicators with John Skipper, John King, and Phil Meeks
John Skipper, John King, and Phil Meeks were interviewed at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Boston. Mr. Skipper described ESPN's expansion onto a variety of media platforms to...
View ArticleFederal Communications Commission Agenda
Julius Genachowski and Robert McDowell, respective former Democratic Federal Communications Commission chair and senior Republican commissioner, talked about some of the big decisions and issues during...
View ArticleCommunicators with Sanjiv Ahuja
Sanjiv Ahuja talked about the efforts of the company LightSquared to build a $14 billion high-speed wireless network, and also about reports that its network might interfere with global positioning...
View ArticleCommunicators with Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith talked about the National Association of Broadcasters' views on congressional legislation for the sale of broadcast spectrum to create new space for mobile broadband and emergency...
View ArticleGov 2.0 Summit
Several interviews were shown from the first-ever Gov 2.0 Summit, bringing together leaders from the private, public, and government sector to find better ways of dispensing information. The Gov 2.0...
View ArticleCommunicators with Craig Mundie and Mark Gorenberg
Craig Mundie and Mark Gorenberg talked about the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology report. The report recommended that President Obama issue an executive order to convert 1,000...
View ArticleCommunicators with Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper, who is credited for inventing the mobile cell phone, talked about the forces which lead to its creation and his thoughts on the current wireless industry.
View ArticleThe Communicators with Robert Litan and Hal Singer
Robert Litan and Hal Singer, co-authors of [The Need for Speed], talked about their book, which promotes less regulation and more competition for broadband development in the U.S.
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