and i really, again, applaud julius genachowski and his team for putting this together. >> host: when it comes to technology policy, do you see it moving in a public/private co-venture sort of way? >> guest: i would say it has to, you know? and i think when we try to go down a route that's only government making the investment, we run into trouble. if you look at this administration through the stimulus bill, they made a major down payment on broadband for the first time, but when you compare it to the private sector investment, it's still fractional. so they've got to work together, the private sector with government. and also the nonprofit sector. >> host: what about tax policy? >> guest: well, obviously, every corporation is impacted by tax policy, and our position is to do an overlay that says we need to be competitive. we need to create a tax where our companies can compete globally because so many more of technology-based companies are competing on a global playing field. so we have some concerns with the existing tax structure. >> host: how would you like to see it changed? >>

i am still the chairman, but no longer the ceo. >> when you have a conversation with julius genachowski, can you have one of the record? >> when i talk with him, is easily to talk about policy issues. so is either at his request for my request, and we follow the appropriate procedures to talk about policy. we don't were the lines. >> you were quoted in " huffington post." sir ratio many hispanics and african-americans do not see how it benefits them or that it is too expensive. >> i wrote that because sometimes i think the policy a round broadband, we are relentless about -- roughly 97% of america has some level of broadband available to it. the issue in this country is adoption. why is it that certain populations either are not exposed to it, don't see the relevance of it, or do not have the training to use broadband. the biggest issue is adoption. the broadband plan addresses the issue of adoption. >> what do you think the future of the plan is with republicans in control of the house? >> i think it still has legs. so much of the plan requires the private sector and the ngo sector. it

the chair of the fcc, and other former student of fred friendly, julius genachowski is going to announce the net neutrality issue tomorrow supposedly. it will be instantly opposed by the industry. the scenario would be something like you know people who carry the wires into your house that gives you access to the internet might strike deals with preferred journalistic and other providers that say with this deal you can get faster, better instantaneous service and we can help support these news organizations that there is a downside. so, just to note, this is not irrelevant history. it is really queued up right now. >> the strongest example is the danger of total deregulated monopoly of information. not only does it you know mean that you don't have diversity. it means you have the influence on the poetical system, that there is a very powerful ability to try and move -- it is affecting democracy. >> i see it very differently. i think he can make a good case that at&t and apple are innovators, that they are doing exactly what your cycle would predict. they are creating all kinds of new co

jewish genachowski is chairman of the federal communications commission -- julius genachowski. to joining the sec, mr. genachowski chair candidate obama's technology and telecommunications policy working group. he has extensive experience in the private sector. he was chief of operations at the interactive corp. we are delighted to have him with us here today as well. i will start with a few questions for our panel and we will have a little bit of discussion among ourselves. then we will open the floor to any questions and comments that you have. there has been a flowering of media and entertainment concept providers. this has shaken the industry and produced new players, vigorous competition, and new business models. can you tell us what competition means in your industry and how it enables innovation? >> i don't want to change the mood because it was very serious and uplifting at the beginning. we are in the middle of a huge period above innovation in the media business. the easiest thing to look at is television. we all know that the television business has been with us for a

julius genachowski who's on the fcc commission. prior to joining the fcc, mr. genachowski chaired candidate obama's technology media you and telecommunications policy working group. he has extensive experience in the private sector. he was chief of operations at the interactive corporation and cofounder of lock box digital in rock creek ventures. we're delighted to have him with us today as well. our format will be as follows. i'm going to start with a few questions for our panel. we'll have a little bit of a discussion among ourselves and then we will open the floor to any questions and comments that you have. so we'll start with mr. bewkes. there's been a flowering of media and entertainment content providers. this has shaken up the industry and produced new players, vigorous competition and new business models. can you tell us what competition means in your industry and how it enables innovation? >> sure. i don't want to change the mood because it was a spurious and uplifting beginning. we're in a period of huge success in the media business. the easy way be

i want to thank jeff, randall and julius genachowski. [applause] >> any time you know that you're welcome. [inaudible conversations] .. >> next, we take you to harrisburg, pennsylvania for the inauguration of tom corbett as governor. corbett at the outgoing attorney general succeeds governor ed rendell were served eight years in the top boxes. this coverage is practiced by commonwealth media services and is about 30 minutes. ♪ >> thank you, father and thank you color cards. ladies and gentlemen, what you please raise to join first attendant read priest of the eighth infantry division of the pennsylvania army national guard as he leads us in the pledge of allegiance. first attendant priest is a recipient of the bronze star medal for valor come up for risking his life for saving it fellow soldier under fire in iraq. please remain standing afterwards for the performance of the national anthem by heather hartley of lancaster. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nati

you all know chairman julius genachowski. lg advisory council as is jane lynch. it's a program to educate parents about twen -- tweens and teens use. they are texting about one every 14 minutes. to introduce our panel, we have tori dugger. she's a 17-year-old, maybe attending mckinley. jonathan harris, he's a senior at dr. henry a. weiss, he's obtained 4.0 gpa while taking advanced classes. that's incredible. why don't we hold the applause until the end. erin maines, she's a sophomore, and honor student and does tremendous amounts of things in and out of the classroom. frank preston who is a high school student at howard high school in howard county. he's pursuing a career in medicine with an interest in technology. lanita preston, she's a local science author, and mother of four from 4 to 17 years of age. stacey kopitsky. sorry, i didn't do it right. she's a elementary middle school administrator and mother of who teenage tons. and parry aftab. she's known for her devotion to family online. dr. gordon, principal of the john