who owns...CSPAN anyway?????
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As I recall, CSPAN is owned or at least funded by the satellite and cable companies. While this may be an unpopular move, it is certainly legitimate.
If there are any taxpayer dollars involved in producing anything on CSPAN, this decision should be challenged.
the government feeds....streamings of hearings etc will still be availanble over the net...according to this.. from CSPAN
What if I don’t subscribe to cable or satellite?
You will still be able to use C-SPAN.org to watch our live coverage of all Federal government events. All visitors to C-SPAN.org will have access to House and Senate debates, committee hearings, Executive Branch events and courts coverage - live and in the clear, without needing to sign-in or verify as a cable or satellite subscriber. You will also continue to have free access to our online Video Library containing more than 204,000 hours of all current and past political video from C-SPAN on demand to watch anytime, anywhere.
http://www.c-span.org/about/TVeverywhere/#why