gary: sometimes you say television displays, and sometimes i think you mean television content?r do you mean the ecosystem? television is still one of the great technologies. the problems today with society whether it is health care or agriculture or food be resolved by technology, the internet of things. and part of that is the effective display you have and the content you get. it will raise all of us up. richard: i will just add my own words for everyone in this audience to what you have contributed to the current standard and what you will contribute to the future of television. thank you, and thank you to this wonderful panel. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> monday night on the communicators -- members of congress on privacy and net neutrality. >> it ostensibly authorizes bulk data collection, because last week we found out that these sent -- the second district court -- the patriot act never really a

>> guest: i starred in television when i was very young in 1964 by cbs television until 1974 did my six documentaries and then came here to start broadcasting. we started in 1974 that then you're ever send freelancing why i was here. i've been a medical reporter pretty much for 40 years. >> host: how has the broadcast will change how you teach? >> guest: we have to teach multimedia. what we do is teach tax audio and video. broadcasting is still alive and well and is basically a storytelling with video so i haven't changed the way i teach. that is what i usually teach. if you can do good preproduction you can do good production. >> host: we've invited you to talk about your book "heroes and scoundrels." who is though he barns? >> guest: you're giving me tough questions. the house of cards reporter who will do anything for his stories and sleep at their source. the american version is not anywhere as good as the british one. the reporter in the original house of cards is a fantastic trail, much better than the american version. both have a wonderful ending in the first season. >> host: yo

charlie: there it is, a remarkable television journey into the hearts of american television viewersrs. david letterman will be remembered and missed, and probably have a great life. ♪

charlie: there it is, a remarkable television journey into the hearts of american television viewerss. david letterman will be remembered and missed, and probably have a great life. ♪ ♪ emily: it is a show about a bunch of geeks writing code. it is an hbo hit. "silicon valley" pokes fun at the idiosyncrasies. behind the show, people that brought us some of the greatest satire in entertainment history. mike judge and alec berc. joining me today, silicon valley creator mike judge an executive producer alec berg.

charlie: there it is, a remarkable television journey into the hearts of american television viewersars. david letterman will be remembered and missed, and probably have a great life. snolet ♪ ♪ ♪ emily: it is a show about a bunch of geeks writing code. abnn unsexy would premise that is now an hbo hit. "silicon valley" pokes fun at the absurdities and idiosyncrasies of a startup. behind the show, people that brought us some of the greatest satire in entertainment history. mike judge of office space and beavis and butthead fame and

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charlie: congratulations on "s tar talk" on television. neil: we think it is the first time ever of there being a science talk show on television. we didn't do it for that purpose, but it turned out that way. charlie: what i like in reading about it is that they came to you wanting to do a television show. and you said why don't you just

you're always late in television.the time i get to work you know, i'm an hour late and that's just the way it goes. and sometimes things every day is the best compromise we can make. and sometimes the things, chips fall your way sometimes they don't. but the plane is taking off at 5:30 one way or the other. >> rose: celebrity doesn't mean an end to you. and in fact it is a distraction. >> the first thing that kind of got my attention years and years ago when i was first on the tonight show i recognized almost immediately the people, strangers in all walks of life that i would come in contact with were friendlier to me. friendly, nice considerate and behaved kind of the way you think people behave to people. but it was a dramatic change. and it was literally overnight. and it has been that way ever since. that part of it i just think is wonderful. because instead of being part of just a faceless group of people struggling with and against one another it invokes again some humanity. people are nice to me i'm nice to the

what do you do with the television in that respect?apple brought out what carl icahn was asking for, a 4k television that where the screen was beautiful and this and that, are they going to make it thinner every year? we're at the point where these devices, essentially hanging on our wall all kind of look the same. what apple has realized, the apple tv device that they have, they can succeed in creating a really wonderful experience for consumers. and they don't need to necessarily make a box that hangs on the wall to do that. >> all right. gene munster, it's kind of a sad day, you were the big hold-out, still hoping for a television. but couldn't you say -- projects don't always die at apple. sometimes they just go good morning dormant. >> they did eventually come out with a tablet. how do you look at the tv from here? >> this is a tough day for me. it's -- it's a hard reality to accept and i think that is the reality of it. is that the tv is on hold. and i think as far as you know the bigger picture here is what is apple's strategy i

internet television is taking on traditional t.v. what a la carte channels mean annels mean welcome back. every have one of those nights that you surf through 800 channels only to proclaim nothing is on. it made big news this year when it announced it's internet television service said to capture viewers that are looking for an alternative. and a couple of cable outlets and the rest you will add a la carte. is this the beginning of the end of traditional cable? and what does it mean. who won't be carries on internet television at all. the senior editor of a tech block that covered consumer electronics called in gadget and rutger as senior writer -- dish unveiling it's new internet t.v. apparently sony has something similar in the works is this the beginning of the end. >> this is the first time we have seen a service that is designed for the internet that has the popular content that people are used to. >> so what is the advantage of senate how do you sell it to consumers? does it just come down to price? >> i don't think that's the

to the expansion of television, and now beyond to broadband.atulations for what you achieved as cable companies, as video companies, and as network builders. you also deserve straight talk about what it means now that you are first and foremost broadband companies. you have pledged as an industry to assure that the internet remains open and free. in that goal, we are in violent agreement. we do differ on what that means. we part company, according to your recently filed motion papers, over the so-called internet conduct standard, the requirement that internet service providers not engage in conduct that impairs an open and free internet. and goes beyond the obvious bright line rules of blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. the internet conduct standard is the going forward rule. often people say to me, tom, i know that you won't do anything crazy in this internet conduct standard. but what about those people that follow you? my response is, i take you at your word. that you will protect an open internet. but what about those people tha

grossi from fiction or television or novels were videogames. lately also from the tv they have been watching. that is a shame that helps to condition them. brian williams was a hero like walter cronkite did we find out he is lying about his life. that disturbs the public. win. >> host: how have journalists been portrayed? >> since the same but talk about the agent greek journalist with historians historians, you find the intended is the we don't trust i sent them back to the 1929 film which is the most horrible and terrific scene and you could imagine the final scene is a newspaper in the debtor and it is said tabloid i have found if but if if reporter never worn number three says they keep shoving fair carry and microphone into your face and acting horribly so the anonymous journalist is very indicative. fiesta and that is the image they initially manchin. scenic is an old film i teach 76 for how many years ago and it got a lot of people interested. >> but generally. >> host: how accurate are some of the portrayals but those underwritten by a

i wanted to start with television, because i know you love watching television. i work in television. so i'm selfishly interested in what you have to say. what is the future of television? mark: you will now be able to subscribe to hbo without being a cable customer. which, for those of us -- there we go. see? [applause] i always maintain -- i always maintained that people wanted that. everyone in hollywood told me it would never happen. i think the media industry is going to grow a lot over the next ten years. i think video is going to grow tremendously. i think television in the form of everything from live television all the way through to nonfiction content, news, so forth, documentaries, fiction, drama, comedy, it will grow a lot. the reason i am so confident is that the number of people who can receive streaming video around the world is like two billion people, on its way to 5 billion people by the end of the decade. right? so i think in the future, if you want to watch something, you go straight to it. you just google it and go straight to it. or you go t

little old man says hey, you're on television. yes, i'm on television. hey, you're lynn sherr, aren't you? , i said, yes, thank you very much. thank you for recognizing me. he looked at me and said, you look better on television. so i tran to the ladies room and put on makeup and we went from there. after i left that job, and had been off the air several weeks. i was walking on lexington avenue near blame ming -- bloomingdale's in new york someone said, didn't you used to be lynn sherr? how does one respond? it is confusing. one morning back at abc, i was down at the cape getting ready to anchor one of the early morning launches. remember most of the launches were really early in the morning. which meant if you were anchoring them you had to be this position real real early in the morning or late at night. my husband had come down to join me. it seafaring in the morning. he -- 4:00 in the morning. i am in the other seat going over last minute notes. he turns to me with his eyes buyerly open and turns to me and says, thank you for sharing the glamorous pa

her father was a minister and spoke at the big service that was televised. the next day we are at their house and sally got a phone call asking her to be on the rogers commission. she didn't talk about it but i knew was going on and i could tell from the grim look on her face exactly how she felt. i knew how she felt. she essentially said this is something i have to do. she was horrified. she had lost seven friends and the astronauts were her close friends. : accident sally had flown on challenger twice. both times she flew she sat in the flight engineer seat. in the cockpit is the commander and pilot and the flight engineer sit right behind them. sally's job on lift off and reentry was she had all but check sheets, checklists opening front of her and if something went wrong, she was the one who called

what is impeding the traditional television is real life.lity to document, share. >> what happens to an industry in that situation -- if people are not linking to cable, not having a relationship with cable, they have bad feelings toward it or do not use it. my kids watch -- they have a different attitude towards things and my son was 4, we bought a new large television, when he got home he started hitting it. i thought he had mental problems. i said what are you doing? he said, it does not move, it does not do what i wanted to do. my older son, vine is entertainment, now his parents coping all the time. have you meet that challenge when the behaviors change so rapidly? >> the first thing you have to be thoughtful about is to go to the physical locations they are going. for the better part of television history there was one consumer electronic device that was central to being able to consume content and it was the television set. and recent studies have shown real declines in people watching on that vehicle. it is been in the last decade th

charlie: they can't you want to do a television show. why don't you just bring in your

to you consuming content, and it was the television.tudies have shown real declines of people watching on that vehicle. it has been in the last decade that we have handed our kids smartphones, tablets and laptops. there has been a proliferation of screens. there are more intimate screens. they can huddle up together. one thing cable has done is to be able to port their content off their systems and into those devices. that is a first step that is really important. then you have to think about how do you exist as a companion to the self-published, self-created kind of content because that lives on the internet. if you one-and-one to be part of that experience, i don't think it is enough to ask a consumer to completely change ecosystems to go from watching periscope to watching "game of thrones." >> let's talk about that, speaking of periscoping and game of thrones. a lot of people wear scoping the first game of thrones. then the c.e.o. of twitter seemingly talking about what a victory it was. do you look at that as a victory, the ability

to the expansion of television and now beyond. to broadband. you deserve congratulations for what you achieved as cable companies, as video companies and as network builders. you also deserve and alfred may comment about this you also deserve straight talk about what it means now that you are first and foremost broadband companies. you have pledged as an industry to assure that the internet remains open and free. and in that goal we are in violent agreement. we do differ however, on what that means. we part company according to your recently filed motion papers over the so-called internet conduct standard, the requirement that internet service providers not engage in conduct that impairs an open and free internet and goes beyond the obvious bright line rules of blocking tlot egg and prioritization. the internet conduct standard if you will is the going forward rule. now often people say to me you know, tom, i know that you won't do anything crazy in this internet conduct standard but what about those people that follow you? and my

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television out of point linear television out of business?ink you're talking about a change in television. what netflix sees ending is the idea of linear television. television will follow that change would bloomberg will be on demand, cnbc will be on demand, all of this stuff will be on demand, and they want to be at the lead of that. also in asee this week where verizon has bought aol. how much of that is the netflix effect? >> the discussion is really pivoted in the past year because the consumer is loving on-demand video. people are spending two hours a day watching netflix. the time spent with netflix was up 25% year-over-year. grownbscriber growth has vertical. regular television is declining. if you as a subscriber if they would rather have netflix or pay-tv, it would be netflix. what about the price point? came in with $14.99. >> the grandfather done in for two years. we are not we to see the entire effect of the price hike take effect until 2016. they definitely have some potential to raise prices, but nine dollars and nine cents has

it was can't miss television. >> it's a joke, okay? >> it's me, you jerk.is wrong with you? >> this is not a promo. this is the show. >> would you like me to do a dance for you. >> drew barrymore gave him an unforgettable birthday present. >> we have madonna on. one of my favorite reaction shots. madonna for some reason thought it would be funny if she used the f word over and over and over again. it got tiresome. >> i brought something to make a point. you are always [ bleep ] with me on the show. >> in the middle of all this f word, there was an elderly woman and her husband sitting in the audience. they got a shot of her and got a big laugh. >> turn the volume down immediately. she can't be stopped. there is something wrong with her. >> nonstop laughs. writer steve o'donnell said dave never thought he was good enough. >> it could be painful to people close to him. i have saved dozens of little notes he would write and they alternated between i hate myself and stand by show. he would underline stand by show. >> even as he worried about his own success, da

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"bottom line" on bloomberg television continues in a moment. ♪ mark: welcome back.s bloomberg's "bottom line ," streaming online, on your tablet, and on your phone. taking a look at how the world's largest entertainment company, disney, did in the past quarter. break down the numbers for us. reporter: i have to say that the magic kingdom and everyone over there should be expecting a huge fireworks display after what came out today. interns of revenue, $12.5 billion, versus an estimate of 12 and a quarter. and the earnings-per-share was a huge pop unexpected, 1.23 versus $1.10 so 13 extra sense there. mark coleman we are talking some very big numbers. we are talking about the movies. "avengers: age of ultron" is the buzz. how did they do? ramy: they turn out about $420 million, but that was down year on year. remember where we were last. we were off of the hike, sliding off of "frozen" and elsa, and they did not have a blockbuster movie, so it is going to be a little soft. but, with that said, you are talking about "avengers: age of ultron," and we may see a pop in t

more than anything a creature of television.a time when he watched a man show every night silly because you trusted him. -- simply because you trusted him. when politicians go into television they sell something. they invent the best possible version of themselves. if you do not bring your a game when talking to dave, you could get burned. at john mccain. >> he had to cancel the show because the economy is exploding and he had to cancel. and you know john mccain is the running mate of sarah palin. you are aware of that. >> dave was constitutionally incapable of being dishonest on television. to sell something family to sell it. david was dave and could only be dave. like his audit -- idols, he took a step away removed away from everything. there was no character or he was just dave. >> sit down and shut up. >> he was just there, wry knowing, being an actual person in the middle of all the liars haired he was off. he was a bash although liars. he was us. as he grew older, he got a reputation of being mean. but that was it quite r

it's good to be here at ints, the internet and television expo. you know cable isn't in the title of the show anymore. i heard the michael powell now said that cable is a dirty word. i remember when the show was very creatively named something like catv77 or things like this and in some young whippersnapper -- nothing ever happens without barbara york -- changed the name to the cable show, and now you have moved on from that. congratulations on once again reimagining and reimaging this industry and this gathering. reflecting back on the days of catv, and forward to the broadband era, is to trace an amazing path from community television to the expansion of television, and now beyond to broadband. you deserve congratulations for what you achieved as cable companies, as video companies and as network builders. you also deserve straight talk about what it means now that you are first and foremost broadband companies. you have pledged as an industry to assure that the internet remains open and free. in that goal, we are in violent agreement. we do dif

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apple plans to make a television set. they are working on an apple tv set-top box and related services. apple has been in talks to provide web-based television service. shares rose more than 1%. carl icahn says the shares are worth 90% more than where they closed. nhl playoffs -- tyler johnson scored a hat trick. that ties the eastern conference finals at one game each. the rangers committed seven penalties. that led to six tampa bay power plays. tom: tampa bay with a short-handed goal. thank you. the rangers go down in flames. brendan: 6 brendan:2 -- 6-2, those are vladimir putin numbers. we are going to spend some time on building permits. 9:30, tjx reveals results. tom: 8:30 on housing starts. looking forward to that. futures are up six. moving on to the second screen the greek bond down one point in the last hour. 22.7%. i want to get to brian belsky. nominal gdp in the united states. this is where we were. this is when you felt good. 6% nominal gdp. down 34% on our animal spirit right now. that does not mean anything

>> he was the biggest star on television. and i was just a -- a kid who had kind of followed the beacon of his light coming out of burbank. and to be on his show was endlessly nerve-racking. >> there was a fire in laurel canyon and i lost like an entire set of dishes. well you know how paper burns. >> just like that. >> but johnny carson fell hard for dave. >> there's always a former house. nobody owns an original house out here. formerly owned by doris's cousin. >> i think squeeky frome lived in my old house. >> they can really banter. he became a pro ta shay, which was hard to do with johnny. >> i have a feeling after a shot on this show tonight, you're going to be working a lot outside of the comedy store. >> and after a few appearances he went from a guest -- to guest host and became a network favorite. >> it's "the david letterman show" live. >> and nbc execs were so submiten, in 1980 dave got his own morning show. director hal gurnee. >> there was no room to do musical acts and it was like a sitcom, people came in throu

lessons of television is stability and time are so key. you know you have been on "face the nation "nation" for so many years and you are seeing your baitest ratings. i won >> you know i have seen so many wheels invented, reinvented in the time that i have been in television. i'm not sure you can reinvent this wheel. i think you have to get back to basics. what people want when they turn on a news program of any kind is news. they want to know what it is that they need to know about that's going to impact their lives, and that's what we've tried to do and i think that's what the success in recent years of "face the nation qwest has been. >> is there any job in journalist you wish you had that you wanted to have that you didn't have? >> well i tried when i came back from vietnam, i tried very hard to get a job at the "new york times" and "the washington post" and i never got an appointment. and so i finally wound up working for a local television station. >> i guess it worked out pretty well here huh, tv? >> so far it's worked out just fine

the trial has been televised on national television, ever since it started on saturday. afghans will be watching closely to see what happens to the policemen. before the sentencing, the girl's mother spoke to the court saying she wanted justice. justice has been the key word since it happened. it was a shock to the afghan nation. violence against women is no surprise here. the fact it occurred in a public error with so many watching certainly horrified the afghan people. they are looking to see what will happen with the sentencing schedule. >>> humanitarians have been unable to reach the yarmouk camp. islamic state of iraq and levant overran the camp. >> after crossing five checkpoints u.n.i.c.e.f. delivered three trucks. was able to deliver three tucks with baby diaper kits, kits for newborns and clothes for children. in the first mission earlier in the day, u.n.i.c.e.f. delivered kits to treat 3,000 cases of diarrhoea, midwifery kits and high energy biscuits. according to u.n.i.c.e.f. staff on the convoys it's estimated 50,000 people live in three locations visited in

but more than anything a creature of television.hen you watched a man's show every night simply because you trusted him. because you knew him. when politicians go into television, they sell something. -- into talk shows, they are selling you something. they invent the best possible version of themselves. if you do not bring your a game when talking to dave, you could get burned. ask john mccain. >> he had to cancel the show because he is expend -- is suspending his campaign because the economy is exploding and he exploding. [laughter] and you know john mccain is the running mate of sarah palin. you are aware of that. >> dave was constitutionally incapable of being dishonest on television. to sell something simply to sell it. david was dave and could only be like his idols, he took a step away, removed away from everything. this is why his early career when he was cast in sitcoms looked so ridiculous. there was no character dave could play. he was just dave. >> sit down and shut up. [applause] >> he was just there, wry, knowing, bein

after 33 years on television, this is it, end of an era as david letterman sayse show. >> he did find a possible loop hole that could keep him on television. >> unless it rains then there will be a rain delay and we will probably make it up , we will make it up in a double header around labor day. >> jokes like that have kept us laughing with letterman late at night for decades but the funnies all coming to an even tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us outside ed sullivan theater but you cannot see it but ukee is doing his best dave impression with the enormous dave cut out head. >> good morning. >> good morning i'm so sorry i didn't hear a word you said, but we are live outside the ed sullivan theater where it is final moments final hours david letterman is expect to say a so long to late night television after more than three deck kids. >> it is the late show with david letterman. >> for 33 years david letterman made us laugh. >> is this something left over from the batch already days. >> reporter: from his very first broadcast back in 1982. >> i necessity think

and the stars come out tonight to tend to have a tell -- to the end of a television era. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, japan's takata corporation said it is stepping up production of air bags to replace the protensionly deadly ones in millions of american cars. but with 33 million americans

>> the television is a big opportunity. think the key theme throughout all this, everything is turning into a computer. the only company in the world that develops this hardware and the software still is apple. i think that is their main competitive advantage. they focus on quality, the world is becoming a computer, and it plays right into their hand. emily: what company do you see as the big threat to apple? apple? >> it depends on where apple takes itself. samsung and android will always be a competitor because as long as apple continues to play in the hardware space, they will have to compete with those companies that will offer products at a lower price. it will all depend on where apple moves on the service side of their business. i think apple tv -- it's not selling a 55 inch tv that may look cool. the juice is the box. if they can get content deals like they did with hbo and the likes of disney and some others, really get the consumer to cut their chord with the cable company and pay a monthly subscription fee to app

it is the beginning of the end for a television franchise. . am not crying american idol go off the air off the upcoming season. this will be idle's 15th year on fox. -- this will be american idle's 15th year on fox. i think american idol -- no love lost but clearly a sign of times for the network. , california'sp record-setting drought could mean a record-setting wildfire season. olivia: ad buyers have already shifted a lot of their print ads by moving to online video. erik: m&a mania. he is on the horizon with the ceo of activist. olivia: lots of activity talk this morning. noble buying rosetta resources for more than $2 billion. we are still waiting to see if monsanto decides to raise its bid, it's $45 million bid force and gentile, a swiss tea company. jeff mccracken joins us now on set. great to have you here this morning for the inaugural bloomberg market day. the noble deal seems to be at a discount to what the rest of the sector has been going for. jeff: they're sure -- their shares were trading around $54 a share. it is a relatively ch

television used to be somewhat disposable.level for the night it went on the air. valley make television and stories and reevaluate what the story development 10 years from now or 20 years from now. it is more like film and that it is a nice that it will return for a long long time. what that does is raise the creative bar whereas she might've asked yourself the question will people watch this on a sunday night, now you ask and we imagine two people sitting in a room talking about the show 10 years after it is years after it is off our air that's a much better question to ask in terms of quality. >> week to all of the shows we make. when you combine that with ownership it is really treated conversationally. you wait for your friends to say electronically or directly you want to go watch blank. you haven't seen it. you ought to catch a benefit that were available through some pretty good point of access and the rest of our digital stuff you think i want to watch the best staff. it creates a life expectancy longer than it used t

charlie: you directed television. very good television. "golden girls." good actors.what i could not get over, the communities that have formed around the situation comedies are the most delightful communities. it wasn't prima donnas acting out. "curb your enthusiasm," jerry seinfeld. quality balls, that is his term. i was against this documentary. charlie: i love the fact that for jerry, it is fun. he is being created. david: he is so smart. being a comedian when you are slapstick, crude -- if you can entertain an audience for years, you are smart. it is about information. charlie: comedians will tell me, i was not the funniest guy and he never made it. david: there are always guys who did not have the staying power. there are rumors of guys better than lenny bruce. charlie: he was your inspiration? david: i was at the university of chicago. i started doing second city. someone said, you have to see lenny bruce. standup comedy had not had its place at that point. it blew me away. i could not get over, i thought of comedians as goofy looking people. red skeleton was t

you got to make a good television series. because the best marketing for your television series as josh says is word of mouth. and you don't get that unless your show is great. >> it's even a little true for movies. we had a movie called "boyhood" which at some point will turn up on showtime i'm happy to say. and it was very quiet and very small. and it hardly had what you would call a big opening weekend. and i do think it built and built and built because of its quality. and i think so it was tremendously enhanced by social. i think what john is saying for television pointedly and new, but is actually also true for movies and for all forms of media. >> unfortunately, we're out of time. i just have to ask, when am i going to be able to buy a showtime app? can you tell us? >> right now you can use showtime any time with your subscription through your local cable operator. >> give them the last plug. looking out for news and all the different ways you guys are bringing your product directly to consumers. thank you the three yo

it was the first nationally televised trial before o.j. what interested me was the way that -- the on session with the television coverage. even the judge in the case and i did go back and put this in my novel even though i had finished the novel and had it not yet gone to press. he thought clinton eastwood should play him in the movie it was the beginning of that whole phenomenon of accused criminals, lawyers, judges becoming celebrities themselves. and it was really a book about america's fascination with television celebrity. >> would have you felt had you been on trial at that time in that environment that you could have gotten a fair shake. >> absolutely not. the whole idea of change of venue almost no longer applies because wherever you go, the television cameras follow you. in the case of this trial, really, by the time the case went to the jury, it was no longer -- it was a sort of mythic situation, almost. everybody had seen these photographs of pamela smart and her bikini and had read so much coverage that i don't think it was po