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  "description": "C-SPAN faces a financial crisis as cable networks decline.\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-06-03T16:12:27.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, June 3, 2025 – On the 39th anniversary of C-SPAN2’s first Senate broadcast, **Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)** and **Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)** introduced a resolution urging television providers to carry C-SPAN, arguing it serves as a public servant of democracy.\n\nThe bipartisan appeal came in response to major television providers, including YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV, refusing to offer C-SPAN. YouTube TV, owned by Google, argued it can’t carry C-SPAN due to insufficient consumer support, even despite C-SPAN’s small carriage fee of 7.25 cents per subscriber per month. In comparison, Fox News receives $2.50 per subscriber and CNN $1.30.\n\nThe resolution stated, “Whereas all television providers, including streaming services, should make delivery of C-SPAN a priority so Americans can watch Congress in action, in real-time.”\n\nC-SPAN, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is a nonprofit organization almost entirely funded by license fees from cable and satellite TV providers. Recently, as more Americans depart from cable providers, C-SPAN faces a financial crisis, dropping nearly 50 percent – reaching 100 million households in 2013 to 51 million today.\n\nSupporters argue that C-SPAN must be preserved as its unabridged coverage safeguards American democracy.\n\n**Grassley** said, “This public service strengthens our system of self-government by boosting civic engagement, and ought to be available on all television and streaming platforms.”",
  "title": "Senators Urge Streaming Providers To Carry C-SPAN",
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