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Telecom Reform Program on UPTV Channel 6 |
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by Greg Boozell
Email: gboozell (nospam) juno.com (unverified!) |
13 Apr 2006
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"Media in the 21st Century:
Video Franchising - What’s in it for the Public?" on UPTV Channel 6
This half-hour program examines the drive by the telephone industry to dismantle local video franchising. As Congress prepares for a major telecom re-write, cities and public interest groups protest threats to local communities and cable access stations posed in pending legislation.
A panel of experts hosted by Chicago journalist, Mara Tapp, bring the debate beyond the business pages to living rooms on Urbana Public Television, Channel 6, Wednesday April 26 at 7:00 PM
Panelists include:
Anthony Riddle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Community Media
Joseph Bast, President of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute
Ben Scott, Policy Director of Free Press.
In response to Bast’s contention, “Let’s get democracy out of the way and let the market work on this,” Riddle retorts, “We the people cannot be viewed as an impediment.” Ben Scott argues for taking the opportunity to make good public policy, “to make sure that community needs are met across the board.”
Media in the 21st Century is a production of Chicago Access Network Television.
The program is also available as streaming video from http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/contentviewer.php?content_id=1269 |
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