president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters and a former united states senator, and jerry shapiro, consumer electronics association president ceo and a "new york times" best selling author. i have prepared a number of challenging inquiries for our luminaries. let me begin with a general inquiry to each. what is your vision? gordon, we will start with you. for the future of television and the role your industry is going to play in the future. >> thank you, dick, and my colleagues here. thank you for your leadership over many years. and for being a part of this next phase. i see the future of video and television broadcasting in particular is remaining bright as long as localism, lives journalism, consumer protections, emergency alerts, as long as those are important parts of public policy, i think broadcast television plays the indispensable role. >> michael? michael: television will be dramatically different. it's going to be much more multidimensional as a consumer experience than it is today. i think consumers are clearly delighting in a range of consumer electronics devices tha

president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters and a former united states senator, and jerry shapiro, consumer electronics association president ceo and a "new york times" best selling author. i have prepared a number of challenging inquiries for our luminaries. let me begin with a general inquiry to each. what is your vision? gordon, we will start with you. for the future of television and the role your industry is going to play in the future. >> thank you, dick, and my colleagues here. thank you for your leadership over many years. and for being a part of this next phase. i see the future of video and television broadcasting in particular as remaining bright as long as localism, lives journalism, consumer protections, emergency alerts, as long as those are important parts of public policy, i think broadcast television plays the indispensable role. >> michael? michael: television will be dramatically different. it's going to be much more multidimensional as a consumer experience than it is today. i think consumers are clearly delighting in a range of consumer electronics devices tha

president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters and a former united states senator, and jerry shapiro, consumer electronics association president ceo and a "new york times" best selling author. i have prepared a number of challenging inquiries for our luminaries. let me begin with a general inquiry to each. what is your vision? gordon, we will start with you. for the future of television and the role your industry is going to play in the future. >> thank you, dick, and my