Who Is the Deep Dish TV community?

Deep Dish TV is part of an expanding and increasingly significant network of independent media.

At the heart of this network have been the public access television stations, and now the public interest channels on satellite networks. Deep Dish TV and other program producers have reached millions of people through the public access channels that cable companies are required to provide. Cable corporations have pushed to eliminate these channels. Though constantly embattled, these channels for free expression and community communication have continued to expand. As technology improves and cable television is slowly being replaced by newer technology, these public access channels may be lost. It is essential that as the technology advances, commercial use of public spectrum and municipal rights-of-way provide the public with access to that technology and the means to communicate with it.

Collaboration among independent media organizations is building a rapidly growing audience that depends on this network as a vital source of information and inspiration. Deep Dish TV helped the Pacifica Radio program Democracy Now! develop its daily television format. Free Speech TV and Link TV air Deep Dish TV programs; Democracy Now!, Paper Tiger TV, and INN World Report and dozens of media groups provide programs to public access television. They all rely on the global network of over 100 Independent Media Centers for stories. They all worked together to provide live radio and television coverage of events left out of the mainstream media, such as anti-Iraq war protests conducted worldwide. This vital network demonstrates that people can build powerful ways to communicate, even with minimal resources. They depend on the support of the communities they serve.
To find out how you can help protect this network, or even just to tune in, visit: saveaccess.org