The future we are heading to is one of increasing diversity, with hundreds of broadcast channels, thousands of channels on cable, tens of thousands of channels on telephones and the Internet.
Predictor: Huber, Peter
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 report on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” Phillip Davis talks with Peter Huber. The lead-in to the report paraphrases the content. It reads: ”Peter Huber, Telecommunications lawyer, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, says that the future we are heading to is one of increasing diversity, with hundreds of broadcast channels, thousands of channels on cable, tens of thousands of channels on telephones and the Internet. While welcoming these new forms of media, the Clinton Administration says television and radio station ownership limits are still necessary.”
Biography:Peter Huber, a lawyer with degrees from MIT and Harvard, was a 1990s expert in telecommunications. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: National Public Radio
Title, headline, chapter name: All Things Considered
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=bb71854517f1e6beb175cbdf68a376a5&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlzV&_md5=d600361ee5a85763960db25b45bc1901
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Johnson, Kathleen