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Revision as of 15:21, 1 August 2013
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| Land | United States of America |
|---|---|
| Hauptsitz | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Programmierung | |
| Language(s) | Englisch |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Public Communicators, Inc. |
Free Speech TV (FSTV) is an independent, 24-hour television network and digital news source with progressive news, stories and perspectives. A non-profit, public interest network, FSTV is publicly supported by its viewers and by philanthropic foundations. Television broadcasts are commercial-free. It was launched in 1995 and is owned and operated by Public Communicators Incorporated, a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1974.
History
1995-1999
Free Speech TV is an outgrowth of three projects that attempted to establish wider dissemination of progressive perspectives on television: The 90’s, a landmark television series seen on public television and cable; The 90’s Channel, a network of seven full-time cable channels dedicated to independent media; and the part-time Free Speech TV Program Service, launched in 1995 as an innovative approach to curating and distributing independent media to a distribution network of community access cable stations. Public television stations carried some Free Speech TV’s special series, such as Just Solutions: Campaigning for Human Right. The network’s pioneering efforts in streaming media online won it accolades such as a 1998 Streamers Award and 1999 Webby Award.
2000-2006
In January 2000 — as the result of an FCC-mandated public interest channel set-aside — Free Speech TV became a national, full-time channel on the DISH Network satellite television system while continuing to build a national network of part-time local cable affiliates. Program highlights from the channel’s formative years included live field reporting of the anti-globalization movement spawned at the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle; the 2000 US presidential elections, including Democracy now’s premiere as a television program at the Republican and Democratic conventions; the September 11 attacks, to which FSTV responded with a daily news report and weekly current affairs program; and extensive coverage of the large global anti-war mobilization and the subsequent U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.[1]
2007-2010
In 2007, FSTV moved from Boulder to Denver, covering events inside and outside the 2008 Democratic National Convention, where Barack Obama accepted his party’s nomination for president. Over the following years, the network stepped up its daily coverage of national politics with the addition of GRITtv with Laura Flanders,[2] The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann and Al Jazeera English. FSTV’s daily news programs — led by The Thom Hartmann Program and Democracy Now! -- became FSTV’s top programs in terms of popularity and "stickiness" (a measure of audience engagement and loyalty). During the Arab Spring, FSTV pre-empted much of its regular non-news programming to Al Jazeera English's acclaimed reporting from Cairo's Tahrir Square and other locations.
In 2008, the network piloted its “eStudio” at the National Conference for Media Reform, where it broadcast and streamed conference plenaries, workshops and special interviews conducted by Amy Goodman, Laura Flanders and Jeff Cohen. Since then, FSTV has taken its eStudio on the road, broadcasting exclusive live coverage from the One Nation March, the Netroots Nation conferences, Take Back the American Dream Conferences, talks held by The Nation and The New School, the Homelessness Marathon and the annual conventions of the NAACP, SEIU and the LOHAS Forum.
2011-present
In 2011 and 2012, FSTV coverage provided a window onto the unprecedented battles to roll back workers rights in Wisconsin and other states, as well as onto the Occupy Wall Street movement. To facilitate a national dialogue about growing economic disparities, the network produced Occupy the Media, a weekly, live, call-in program that featured frontline activists, policymakers and those bearing the brunt of economic injustice. The series offered a national television platform for many of our peers in progressive radio, print and online journalism. FSTV served as the broadcast hub for national May Day coverage coordinated by The Media Consortium in 2012.
In recent years, FSTV’s television footprint has grown to 38 million homes, and its television viewership has grown 20% annually for the past two years. The network secured a national channel on DIRECTV in 2010; piloted its first OTT (“over-the-top”) channel, on Roku, in 2011; and launched fulltime cable channels in Burlington, VT, and Ashland, OR, in 2012. The website www.freespeech.org was redesigned to better support online video and aggregated content, and the network stepped up its social media engagement on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other sites. In 2013, FSTV is conferring with public television stations to gain over-the-air and cable carriage in major urban markets. Mobile apps for smartphones and tablets are in development.
FSTV and GM Jon Stout were the recipients of the 2010 National Professional Freedom & Responsibility Award, presented by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. This award recognizes individuals and organizations for "a profound commitment to free expression; ethics; media criticism and accountability; racial, gender, and cultural inclusiveness; and public service." Past recipients include Bill Moyers, George Seldes, Molly Ivins, Noam Chomsky, Nina Totenberg, and Studs Terkel.
Finanzierung
Free Speech TV is a project of Public Communicators, Inc., a non-profit, 501c3 tax-exempt organization (Tax ID: 51-0173482). FSTV is supported primarily through philanthropic contributions from thousands of viewers and from foundations dedicated to independent media and social, economic and environmental justice.
Programming and availability
FSTV is currently available in 37 million television homes nationwide, airing fulltime on DISH Network (9415), DIRECTV (348), Burlington Telecom (122) and Ashland Home Net (96). Select programs are syndicated on 177 community cable stations in 40 states. FSTV is also available—as both a 24/7 linear feed and as videos-on-demand—on www.freespeech.org and on Roku, an “over-the-top” distribution platform that streams video over the Internet onto connected television sets. Other content is syndicated on Facebook, YouTube, Blip.tv, Vimeo and other social networking sites.
Free Speech TV broadcasts syndicated news programs and documentaries that deal with social, political, cultural and environmental issues. Independently produced news programs broadcast on FSTV include:
- Democracy Now!, award-winning news coverage from Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
- The Thom Hartmann Program, a daily call-in news and political program with author and host Thom Hartmann, based in Washington, D.C. On Fridays, it includes Brunch With Bernie, a one-hour talk segment with Senator Bernie Sanders.
- The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, a nightly news program hosted by Thom Hartmann.
- Newshour, a one-hour news program from Al Jazeera English.
- The David Pakman Show, a daily call-in news and political talk program hosted by Pakman from Northhampton, MA.
- Gay USA, a weekly news program dedicated to gay and LGBT issues and news, hosted by Andy Humm and Ann Northrop from Brooklyn, NY.
- OpenLine Media Presents: News With Davey D, a news program hosted by historian, author, rapper and talk-show host Davey D.
- Fault Lines, an in-depth news program that goes beyond the headlines and examines the U.S.'s role in the world.
- Bioneers, interviews with personalities involved in social and scientific developments in sustainability.
- Pirate TV offers talks, interviews and documentaries about independent voices.
- The Bill Press Show liberal morning talk show, moving from Current TV, Begins in september
Management team
Executive Director: Ron Williams
General Manager/Co-Founder: Jon Stout
Program Director: Eric Galatas
Business Manager: Gail Gonzalez
Operations Director: Nathanael Reeder
Interim Development Director: Jason McKain
Online Director: Antoinette June
See also
References
- ^ Vincent Stehle, "The Chronicle of Philanthropy", March 18, 2013, "{http://philanthropy.com/article/How-a-Misguided-War-Led-to-a/137985/ Source1}", March 19, 2013
- ^ PageOneQ, "PageOneQ", May 12, 2008, "{http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/Out_talk_show_host_debuts_new_interactive_program_toni_0512.html Source 2}", October 14, 2010