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Research

(Source: Nielsen)
➢ Among U.S. audiences, Black consumers spend over 81 hours per week with media, 31.8% more than the general population.

➢ 73% of Black American audiences pay for three or more streaming services.

➢ In the United States alone, 67% of Black audiences agree that they wish they saw more representation of their identity group while watching TV.

➢ 66% of Black consumers are willing to cut ties with brands that devalue their community.

Up Ahead

Feb. 11-14: NTCA Rural Telecom Industry Meeting + Expo (RTIME); Tampa

Feb. 25-27: NCTC Winter Educational Conference; Las Vegas

March 5-7: ACA Connects Summit; D.C.

April 3-4: Mid-America Cable Show; Dallas

April 13-17: NAB Show; Las Vegas

Quotable

“If I knew then what I knew now, we would have started it very differently. Some of it, in my defense, was political constraints… two of the members were going to be an automatic no, they told me privately. So I had to deal with three, and one of them insisted on being technologically neutral… What we got across the finish line was what we could get across the finish line. But had that been different and had I known that a few years hence, Congress would be allocating $42.45 billion in addition to other programs that states or federal agencies might allocate for broadband, we definitely would’ve put a thumb on the scale in favor of fiber. We would have focused on connecting as many locations as we could with fiber and worry about the rest later.”

– Former FCC Chair Ajit Pai talking about the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund at a Regional Fiber Connect in Richmond, VA

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