Free Speech TV
| Free Speech TV | |
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| Launched | 1995 |
| Owned by | Public Communicators, Inc. |
| Slogan | The alternative to television networks owned by billionaires, governments and corporations |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Website | FreeSpeech |
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| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | Channel 9415 |
| DirecTV | Channel 348 |
| Cable | |
| Burlington Telecom | Channel 122 |
| Ashland Home Net | Channel 96 |
| Available on some cable providers | Check local listings |
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Public-access television channels (Times Carried Vary) |
Affiliates |
| Streaming media | |
| Roku | Free Speech TV App |
| Website Live Stream | www |
| Facebook Live Stream | Live Stream |
Free Speech TV (FSTV) is an American news and opinion network. 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. Distributed principally by Dish Network, DirecTV, and the network’s live stream at freespeech.org and on Roku, Free Speech TV has run commercial free since 1995 with support from viewers and foundations. The network claims to “amplify underrepresented voices and those working on the front lines of social, economic and environmental justice,” bringing viewers an array of daily news programs, independent documentaries and special events coverage.
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.
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.
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