Quotes by Michael K. Powell

Michael K. Powell's insights on:

"
We're trying to fix this with the plan we've been floating. Now, the law says the transition ends in 2006 or - and the 'or' is the only part that matters - 85 percent of Americans go buy a digital TV.
"
We’re trying to fix this with the plan we’ve been floating. Now, the law says the transition ends in 2006 or – and the “or” is the only part that matters – 85 percent of Americans go buy a digital TV.
"
The comparison to the old world is something to get excited about. We have the potential for more choice and innovation, and a different regulatory environment that doesn’t place as much weight on economic regulations of terms and conditions.
"
We think the whole world’s going to change, and forget that human beings are still human beings; we have the same five senses, we still interact the same way, we still love and hate the same way, but marketers lose track of that. But then it comes down to earth.
"
High court review will protect the integrity of the FCC's auctions program, which Congress has chosen as the best method of assigning scarce and precious spectrum resources to those that will put them to their most productive use,
"
Clearly there are very serious stresses on this important industry,
"
In simple terms, I think you're going to have lower prices, lower cost networks and 50 times the innovations. Look at Vonage's VoIP service.
"
The U.S. has more broadband subscribers than any country other than China. Americans rank at the top in their use of the web, and numerous studies validate that the U.S. is a global innovation powerhouse. The leading Internet and e-commerce companies are located here.
"
No television event has ever received as many complaints from the American public -- over 540,000 -- as the Super Bowl XXXVIII half-time show produced by CBS, ... Indecency determinations, however, must be made cautiously and with appropriate restraint.
"
It's our responsibility not to govern by polls and surveys.
Showing 1 to 10 of 45 results