John Eggerton
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief for B&C and editor of the daily TV Fax, has been with the magazine, based in Washington, since 1981 as a copy boy, editorial assistant, reporter, editor, assistant managing editor, to name only a few titles. He is also a principal contributor to the breaking news section of broadcastingcable.com.
Title: Washington Bureau Chief for B&C
Email: jeggerton@nbmedia.com
BC/DC: Eggerton on WashingtonLink This | Email This | Comments (0) It's Two, Two, Two DeMints In OneAs far as broadcaster interests were concerned, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) was playing both the good cop and bad cop at a Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday on the migration of video online.DeMint alone among the senators in attendance pressed Aereo TV investor and acolyte Barry Diller about his service, which broadcasters are essentially unilaterally opposed to. He suggested to... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Extra, Extra: Newspaper/Broadcast Crossownership Still Relevant!?Not all newspapers are for removing the ban on newspaper-broadcast crossownerhip, or even loosening it as the FCC has proposed upholding.While the Newspaper Association of America has long advocated for scrapping the ban, and did again in comments this week to the FCC. The NAA says allowing crossownerhip leads to better and more news and is in the public interest. The Association of Free... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Mr. Copps Takes a BowIn what was billed as the largest-ever collection of current and former FCC Commissioners, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association Thursday hosted a Minority Media & Telecommunications Council salute to retired Commissioner Michael Copps, who exited the FCC at the end of December. NCTA headquarters was an appropriate venue, since the association is headed by one of... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Guest Blog: It's Worth It!A guest blog from Coleman Bazelon, principal of The Brattle Group, Inc. NTIA recently estimated it would cost $18 billion to clear federal spectrum users from 95 MHz of prime spectrum to make the frequencies available for wireless broadband. This is a bargain. According to NTIA’s report, $18 billion would completely free up the entire 1755 MHz — 1850 MHz band of... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Point TakenAndrew Moylan, VP of government affairs for the National Taxpayers Union, points out that plenty of conservatives disagree with the American Conservative Union on what the government should or should not do about retransmission consent. Here is his take. John, I read with interest your story about the American Conservative Union’s odd defense of the federal government’s... More |
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