Dashboard 10-07-22
Twitter Hits
Great to be with @fcc Commissioner @SimingtonFCC today as he toured @GrayDCnews studios while we discussed the importance of local #TV to the future of local news gathering and #democracy. Many thanks for his thoughtfulness! pic.twitter.com/XbfbYKBKp8
— Robert M. McDowell (@McDowellTweet) October 3, 2022
The world belongs to the weird 👏 #WEIRDTheAlYankovicStory https://t.co/TnGJ40seRw
— Roku Channel (@TheRokuChannel) October 7, 2022
We’re in Washington, D.C. this week meeting with @NTIAgov and @SBAgov to build partnerships and uplift our city’s work on digital inclusion & small business recovery. pic.twitter.com/SRe6IFal5K
— Office of Mayor Rex Richardson (@LongBeachMayor) October 6, 2022
Research
(Source: NTIA Internet Use Survey)
➢ 58% of the 24 million offline households express no interest or need to be online, and 18% say they can’t afford home internet.
➢ Households that cited “too expensive” as their barrier to getting online were more likely to have school-age children at home and identify as racial and ethnic minorities than those who weren’t interested in getting online.
➢ The mean price offline households wanted to pay for internet was $10/month.
Up Ahead
October 10-11: The WICT Network’s Annual Leadership Conference, NYC
October 11-12: 36th Annual NAMIC Conference, NYC
October 12: Kaitz Dinner, NYC
October 17-20: NAB Show New York, NYC
October 18-20: NetworkX, Amsterdam
November 3: Fiber Broadband Association Regional Fiber Connect, Columbus, Ohio
Quotable
“A Category 4 hurricane is an extremely challenging, dangerous and exhausting assignment and we are grateful to everyone involved for their incredible work. After launching less than a year ago, Fox Weather did an outstanding job focusing on every aspect leading up to the magnitude of landfall and the aftermath of this historic storm with the ultimate precision. Every facet of the team was prepared, and it showed throughout all levels of coverage, components of which outdid competitors that have been on the air for 40 years… Thank you again to all our journalists for their extremely hard work and dedication in covering this story.”
– Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox President/Executive Editor Jay Wallace in a memo to staff following Hurricane Ian’s landfall