NAB 2012: OTA still "where the ears and eyeballs are" but 'casters must innovate, fight, go mobile

LAS VEGAS – Despite having pushed back hard enough against the wireless industry to make sure a recent Congressional Bill on the reclamation of spectrum would not harm his members, National Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Gordon Smith urged vigilance and innovation – at both the national and local level – when addressing delegates at the NAB Show in this morning’s opener. Wireless companies in the States insist they need more spectrum in which to offer more services and have been attempting to spread the message here that over-the-air broadcasting is yesterdays technology standing in the way of progress...