Media Policy Blog, March 13, 2006
By Colin Rhinesmith

The recent shift from local to national control of video franchising, influenced by the Telephone Companies' desires to enter into the video market, not only leaves a question mark on the future of Public, Educational, and Goverment Access TV, it also threatens to leave low-income and minority communities behind, by law.

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