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blackagendareport.com - Grand Theft Digital; How Corporate Broadcasters Are Hijacking Digital TV

blackagendareport.com - Grand Theft Digital; How Corporate Broadcasters Are Hijacking Digital TV
The FCC has spent millions of dollars "educating" the public on the transition from analog to to digital TV. But what they haven't told the American people is that on February 18, 2009 every one of the nation's more than 1700 analog TV broadcasters gets three, four or more new TV channels --- for nothing. No public service obligation, no local news or education programming, and no channels for black or Latino broadcasters, local entrepreneurs or communities.

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