"When you're out in front first, you get to define the territory, and CBS was amazingly successful with that, " says Wittenberg University's Matthew Smith, editor of Survivor Lessons: Essays on Communication and Reality Television.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Cable operators want to be able to offer the "quadruple play" of communication bundles--Internet, television, voice-over-IP and wireless telephony.

FORBES: Cable Finds Its Voice

On May 19, 2013, with all of our vaunted communication abilities -- 24-hour television news, universal cellphones, Twitter, Facebook, the all-but-countless ways to stay in touch -- would such an event merit merely a shrug?

CNN: When May 19 became the day of darkness

Only 44, he has built an empire that also includes a paging company, the nation's No. 2 television broadcaster and a small firm that sells communication devices and services.

FORBES: The Salinas touch

However, unlike those early days of television, online video is truly becoming a critical and increasingly growing communication medium for both consumers and businesses.

FORBES: Written by Ted Cocheu

Technologies such as television, video games and the internet are omnipresent in the world of communication and making it more sensational and less participatory.

UNESCO: Radio for Children

"After two months of a complicated post-operative process, the patient remains conscious, with his intellectual functions intact, in close communication with his government team, " Villegas said, reading from a statement on television.

NPR: Photos Of Hugo Chavez Shown After 2-Month Absence

Only 44, he has built an empire that also spans a paging company, the nation's number two television broadcaster (FORBES, June 6, 1994) and a small firm that sells communication devices and services.

FORBES: The Salinas Touch