News Releases
New Harris Poll Shows Americans Believe Pay-TV Providers Are “Greedy,” “Heartless,” and “Unpleasant”
What Is Your Biggest Complaint About Your Pay-TV Service
A Survey about Pay-TV and Local Broadcast Television
TVFreedom.org Corrects American Television Alliance’s False Claims on Retransmission Consent
The Programming Fee Chart That Big Pay TV Tries To Hide
TVFreedom.org Issues Statement on FCC Retransmission Consent Proceeding
Multicity “Broadcast TV Liberation Tour” Creates Excitement, Draws Huge Crowds Seeking Free Local TV
TVFreedom.org Statement on DIRECTV Service Outages
TVFreedom.org Issues Statement on Mediacom Petition to FCC on Retransmission Consent
TVFreedom.org, Antennas Direct Join Forces On Broadcast “TV Liberation Tour” Stop In San Francisco
Washington D.C. Senior Enjoy Free Broadcast TV For Christmas, 12/18/14
Power and Reach of Free, Local Broadcast TV A Big Hit with DC-Area Residents, 11/24/14
Sen. McCaskill calls for consumer protections from abusive pay-TV billing, 9/18/14
TVfreedom.org Responds To Passage of Satellite Television Bill By U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, 9/17/14
TVfreedom.org Members Voice Strong Opposition To Senate Commerce Committee Video Bill, 9/9/14
TVfreedom.org Issues Statement On The DirecTV/Raycom Media Retransmission Consent Agreement, 9/7/14
TVfreedom.org Issues Statement In Opposition to STAVRA Legislation, 9/5/14
TVfreedom.org Comes Out In Opposition to Sen. Rockefeller/Thune Proposal, 8/11/14
TVfreedom.org Supports House Judiciary Committee STELA Legilsation, 7/10/14
American Community Television Joins TVFreedom.org, 7/8/14
TVfreedom.org Sends Letter to Senate in Support of STELA Reauthorization, 6/26/14
TVfreedom.org Supports STELA Reauthorization Legislation , 6/10/14
Coalition Calls on Congress to Investigate Pay-TV Billing and Business Practices Hurting Consumers, 6/10/14
TVfreedom.org to Consumer Groups: Join Us in Fighting Abusive Pay-TV Practices, 4/30/14
TVfreedom.org Applauds U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill for Standing Up for America’s Consumers, 4/2/14
Pay-TV Push to Eliminate ‘Lifeline Basic Tier’ Option for Consumers a ‘Greed-Driven Demand’, 4/1/14
TVfreedom.org Statement on Proposed STELA Reauthorization Legislation, 2/28/14
Strong Latino, Consumer Voices Join TVfreedom.org, 2/10/14
News About the Video Marketplace
Guest Blog: A Rural Lifeline Not to Be Compromised
Broadcasting & Cable, 1/13/16
NAB: Consolidated Cable Needs No FCC Retrans Aid 12/01/2015
ATVA Presents FCC With Good Faith Wish List 12/01/2015
NAB Accuses FCC of Ignoring Consolidated Cable Industry in Retrans Review 12/01/2015
Broadcasters Praised On House Floor
Broadcasting & Cable, 2/27/2015
Congress Blog: Local broadcast TV’s integral role in American culture
The Hill, 2/24/2015
DirecTV Q4 sub growth spikes to 149K thanks to Dish programmer fights
Fierce Cable, 2/19/2015
Millennials Are Abandoning Their TV Sets Faster Than Ever
Time Magazine, 2/18/2015
Cable’s Basic Tier is a Viable Option for Us Consumers, 02/11/15
TabletTV Joins TVFreedom
Broadcasting & Cable, 1/27/2015
Guest Blog: Local TV Broadcasting: Lifeblood of U.S. Communications Ecosystem
Broadcasting and Cable, 1/20/2015
Sources: Local Choice Expected to Be Pulled from STAVRA
Broadcasting & Cable, 9/9/2014
Nothing more than a ‘choice’ deal for pay-TV
The Hill, 9/9/2014
Local Choice Retrans: Look Before You Leap
TVNewsCheck, 8/13/2014
Networks Reject ‘à la carte’ TV
The Hill, 8/11/2014
Does the FCC Chairman Value Local Broadcast TV?
Broadcasting & Cable, 7/30/2014
TVFreedom Pushes for PEG Bill
Broadcasting & Cable, 7/15/2014
Comcast Opposes Hill Action on Retrans Changes
Broadcasting & Cable, 7/15/2014
How pay-TV industry fails to connect with customers
The Hill, 7/14/2014
Retrans Language Absent From Satellite Bill
TVNewsCheck, 7/10/2014
CEA: Retrans Reforms Should Be In Satellite Bill
Broadcasting & Cable, 7/10/2014
ACT Takes Stand for TVFreedom
Broadcasting & Cable, 7/8/2014
TVFreedom Praises Clean STARA
Broadcasting & Cable, 6/26/2014
McCaskill Launches Cable Bill Beef Site
Broadcasting & Cable, 6/25/2014
Is the Sky Falling on the Retransmission Consent System?
Broadcasting & Cable, 6/18/2014
The Rising Revolution Against Pay-TV
Roll Call, 6/12/2014
Media groups call for crackdown on cable, satellite TV prices
The Hill, 6/10/2014
Senate Judiciary Issues STELA Bill
Broadcasting & Cable, 6/10/2014
Broadcasters Push Congress To Investigate Pay-TV Prices
Broadcasting & Cable, 6/10/2014
Local TV Broadcasters Deliver Front-Line Reporting in Emergencies
Broadcasting & Cable, 6/10/2014
Senate should ignore pay-TV’s STELA add-ons
The Hill, 6/5/2014
Congressional calendar winding down on STELA
The Hill, 6/4/2014
FCC Commissioner Visits SF Businesses
Keloland.com, 5/30/2014
Shocker: Cable TV prices went up four times the rate of inflation
Arstechnica, 5/16/2014
Cut Your Cable Costs With a Basic Cable TV Package
Consumer Reports, 5/14/2014
The Future of Pay-TV: Squeezing More Cash From Fewer Customers
BusinessWeek.com, 5/13/2014
Pay TV: You’re Not Watching More Channels, But You’re Definitely Paying for Them
Time.com, 5/6/2014
At Cable Convention, an Industry Tries to Face Up to Its Tarnished Reputation
New York Times, 5/4/2014
Trapped Into Paying Extra for Cable TV Sports
Los Angeles Times, 5/1/2014
Broadcasters Hunt for Allies in Fight Against Cable Companies
The Hill, 5/1/2014
TVfreedom.org: Keep Lifeline Basic Tier
TV Broadcast Report, 4/1/2014
Senate Commerce Takes ON STELA
Multichannel News, 4/1/14
TVFreedom Takes On NCTC
Broadcasting & Cable, 3/27/14
Broadcasters: End the March Toward Retrans Reform Madness
Broadcasting & Cable, 3/26/14
Pay TV’s mission is to kill free broadcast TV
The Hill, 3/11/14
FCC chief targets broadcasters to end TV blackouts, helps cable industry friends
Watchdog.org, 3/10/14
Sources: Must-Buy Tier Language Dropped From STELA Proposal
Broadcasting & Cable, 3/5/14
Broadcasters to Fight STELA Retrans Threat
TVNewsCheck.com, 3/3/2014
’Video Choice Act’ is a bad deal for everybody making, selling, watching TV content
Washington Examiner, 3/3/2014
Broadcasters Howl Over Proposed Changes to Carriage Rules
Adweek.com, 2/28/2014
Broadcasters Launch Group to ‘Tell the Truth’ About Cable, Satellite Operators
Variety, 2/4/2014
Congress shouldn’t carry water for pay-TVTheHill.com, 2/4/2014
Nets, Stations Push Back on Retrans Via TVfreedom.orgMultichannel.com, 2/3/2014
Broadcasters Form Retrans Messenger
TVTechnology.com, 2/3/2014
Stations, Nets Unite to Battle Retrans Foes
TVNewsCheck.com, 2/3/2014
Local TV audiences bounce back
Pew Research Center, 1/28/2014
McCain pushes anti-blackout legislation
Fierce Cable, 1/7/2014
Proposals Seek to End TV and Online Blackouts that Result from Retransmission Disputes
Streaming Media, 12/16/2013
Rep. Walden: Not So Fast On Retrans Reform
TV NewsCheck, 12/4/2013
Should the government try to ‘fix’ retransmission consent?
The Hill, 11/22/2013
Retransmission Fees And The Coming Media War
Seeking Alpha, 11/19/2013
How Americans Get Their TV at Home
Pew Research, 10/11/2013