Media Minutes for August 15, 2008
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:03

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Why do the corporate media have a lock on all new channels that will emerge from the digital TV conversion? And a new Massachusetts law promises to bring broadband to the entire state.

Digital TV Transition: A Corporate Giveaway that Nobody Talks About

• The FCC and the Emperors of TV Have No Clothes
• Black Agenda Report

Massachusetts Governor Signs Broadband Bill

• Gov. Patrick Signs New Broadband Access Law at Goshen Town Hall
• Gov. Patrick Signs Broadband Access Law
• Gov. Deval L. Patrick Signs Bill to Bring Internet Service to Rural Communities

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