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Broadcast TV saw its share of headwinds in 2023 with nary a regulatory lifeline in sight from the FCC. As it looks ahead to a lucrative election year in 2024 and a burgeoning atmosphere for sports rights opportunities, it will also face formidable challenges, among them what to do about generative AI and how to handle what may be one of the most fraught, polemicized elections in U.S. history.
In this Talking TV conversation, TVNewsCheck Editor Michael Depp and Editor at Large Harry Jessell take a wide-ranging look at the year just wrapping up and the one ahead, and what’s on the line for broadcasters as it comes.
Episode transcript below, edited for clarity.
Michael Depp: We’ve come to the end of a pretty volatile year for broadcasters, and it might fairly be said, an annus horribilis for us all. So, it’s probably a good time to take stock of some of the major events that have faced broadcasters in 2023 and look ahead to what is most likely to impact the industry in 2024.
I’m Michael Depp, editor of TVNewsCheck, and this is Talking TV, our weekly video podcast. This week, I’m joined by Harry Jessell, our beloved editor at large, and we’re going to talk about the health of the industry generally as it goes into the next year, the hope for regulatory relief, the prospects being ushered in by generative AI, 2024 election coverage and much, much more. We will be right back with that