[lbo-talk] 9pm ET Snow protest

[gboozell at juno.com]

That's basically correct although the bill is actually sponsored by
the telephone companies.  In a nutshell, these firms want to offer
cable TV services without first obtaining cable franchises from the 
municipalities in which they want to offer the service.  

Through these franchise agreements, cities can require cable companies
to provide public access channels and funding in exchange for the right
to commercially exploit a town's public right of way.  Hardly a perfect
system, but the basic idea of requiring commercial telecom outfits to
provide
for noncommercial TV or radio stations in exchange for use of a public
resource seems
like a model that should be adopted more broadly.  

The new legislation would do much to eliminate it. 
Learn more at www.alliancecm.org.

Greg
gboozell at juno.com


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>   9pm ET Snow protest
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> Amy Goodman has reported that a new cable bill will delete public  
> access TV- at 9pm ET for one minute these channels will air snow to  
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> protest.
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