Broadcasting & Cable, February 6, 2008
By John Eggerton

While the Bush administration proposed cutting funding to public broadcasting in the United States by more than half, it increased the budget for broadcasting to the Middle East and elsewhere.

According to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees government-supported nonmilitary broadcasts —VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, for example — it was given a 2.6% increase in its budget to $699.5 million.

Much of the new focus will be on building out its Web presence, the BBG said, in part to help circumvent jamming of its broadcasts.

To read the article, click here.

This article is copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.