For News Biz, TV Actually Will Be Everywhere

摘要

It's been said many times in this space how much TV viewing habits have changed-and forced the industry to remake itself on the fly. "You have to be relevant, you have to be part of the conversation, you have to have a reason for being on television every day," said CBS News VP and executive producer of CBS This Morning Chris Licht during B&C/Multichannel News' Business of Live TV Summit last fall. In 2014, nowhere was that more evident than the TV news industry, as the idea of how and when viewers can find out what's going on in the world was turned on its head. In some ways it became easier (there are more ways then ever to create content) but harder in other aspects (competition from digital upstarts has usurped some of the old guard's power). Here's a look at what to expect this year from an ever-shifting industry.