A Dozen Items for TV Stations to Worry About

[Commentary] What 12 things should television broadcasters be thinking most about? 1) Digital television. 2) Using the Internet. 3) Retransmission consent. 4) Automation technology. 5) Erosion of national spot advertising revenue. 6) Government regulation. 7) Retransmission consent rights. 8) Local affiliate stations compensating networks for programming. 9) Lousy network programming. 10) The loss of network exclusivity as networks distribute programming over the Internet. 11) The end of the CW television network. 12) The lack of programming creativity at stations.