Cable’s Civic-Minded C-SPAN Looks for Help as Streaming Takes a Toll

Cable’s civic-minded C-SPAN looks for help as streaming takes a toll

By Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times C-SPAN, the nonprofit outfit that has brought live gavel-to-gavel congressional coverage to cable TV viewers for decades, is feeling the squeeze faced by the rest of the TV business. As consumers drop their traditional cable and satellite TV subscriptions for streaming platforms, C-SPAN’s main funding source is shrinking. The trend poses a threat to one of the rare media institutions that has bipartisan po…

'Daddy's home!' C-SPAN nixes pro-Trump caller after racial rant about Obama

C-SPAN host Pedro Echevarria cut off a fan of President Donald Trump after he began a racial rant about former President Barack Obama."You guys need to leave Trump alone!" a caller from Ohio named Greg exclaimed on Thursday's Washington Journal program. "I can't help it." "You guys ain't used to hav...

DirecTV cuts back a major service as consumers switch gears

The cable TV giant has quietly made a drastic move that impacts customers.