All state cable franchising is a fraud!
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We need a federal law to 1) get back local franchise control, 2) mandate that cable companies and telcos pay for online streaming of PEG channels, 3) guarantee 10% PEG access channel set asides and 4) mandate 5% of franchise fees go toward PEG funding. If headlines like "Survey shows that state video franchise laws bring no rate relief while harming public benefits" and "AT&T confirms deficiencies in its U-verse PEG system" and "AT&T's plan for public access on its U-verse video service -- which the company calls "innovative" and critics call inadequate -- is being challenged in Illinois." interest you,

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Summary of survey on the negative effects of state cable franchising.


Posted by Scott Sanders, Chicago Media Action
Read my essay on how we might best bring public broadcasting into the digital age,
from Z magazine's 9/07 issue: "A Litany of Lies and Omissions"
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