Blacks Support Congress Bill for Fairness in Television Opportunities
Westside Gazette › August 10, 2009
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"Horror videos blow the doors off of other genres," said Nicolas Saltos, CEO of "The Horror Channel", "but channels like mine can't get on television in America. The Horror Channel web site get 600,000 hits a month but we still can't get on cable. Cable and satellite TV companies want to own you before they put you on television. They want to see you die!"
The final speaker at the Forum on Diversity in Programming was Steve Pruitt. Pruitt and former Congressman J.C. Watts joined investments to launch 'The Black Television News Network'. Historically, African Americans have been vilified on cable TV news. We created this 24-hour black news channel to ensure that African Americans are fairly and accurately portrayed in the news. Pruitt's take on the limited opportunities for new channels and networks to get on television was that "African Americans are loyal cable and satellite customers. We buy far more premium channels, pay-per-view and other video products than other Americans if you look at percentages. Without Congressional legislation, we will be left out of the new changes in television and video distribution and we will be short-changed!""I support legislation that will increase competition and opportunities for minorities in television," said Dr. [Randal Pinkett]. "I applaud Senator Ted Stevens and Congressman [Bobby Rush] for having the courage to sponsor a bill that will open up cable markets, satellite television and telephone company video platforms to African American and other communities."See the full content of this document
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Blacks Support Congress Bill for Fairness in Television Opportunities
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States House of Representatives voted to pass the Communications Opportunity Promotion and Enhancement ACT of 2006, also known as the Barton-Rush Bill.
Julia Johnson, a Florida African American businesswoman and Chairman of the group called the Video Access Alliance, was a central figure and leading proponent of the bill co-sponso...See the full content of this document
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