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Venezuela's Contrarian TV Station Survives on YouTube
carlos_J writes "Ars Technica is running a story about RCTV, a Venezuelan television station whose broadcast license was refused renewal by the government. In response, the station turned to YouTube to get its message out. Says Ars, 'El Observador clips have been seen 175,000 times since May 28, and the channel is currently the most-subscribed channel of the week. While putting the station's shows on YouTube is an excellent idea, YouTube still lacks anything near the reach of over-the-air broadcasts. But the use of the site to avoid censorship is growing, and it's not hard to imagine a day in the near future when the site (or sites like it) becomes as essential as local TV stations. As that happens, YouTube will come into even more conflicts with governments that have an interest in controlling what their citizens see, It's already happening--Thailand's king, for instance, has a thing for iPods but isn't too keen on YouTube. Will Hugo Chavez show more tolerance? '"
Magic 8-ball says: "Not likely".
The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination
- Douglas Adams
This just screams Transmetropolitan. The Hole was YouTube crossed with Freenet.
I was always told that the revolution would not be televised.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Yeah, you go to YouTube for the counter-revolution but three hours later you're watching old music videos and wondering where the hell the time went.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
Rather, it will be posted on YouTube.
But first, take a ride around Haiti so you'll know where you're swearing you're in looks like.
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