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RCTV bites back and broadcasts on YouTube

14:15 H | Topics: Controversia - Media - TV - Venezuela

We've been telling you about the controversial closing of Venezuela's RCTV for a few days, talking about the public's reaction, the protests and president Hugo Chavez's threats to other media that their fate could be the same. But what's become of RCTV in the past few days? They're not just sitting around lamenting the passing of their network. They've found a way to work around Chavez's broadcasting restriction by broadcasting somewhere where (at least for now) free speech reigns: the internet.

Using YouTube, it's almost business as usual for the forbidden network, which filed this report from the RCTV protests which continue to rage on:

According to Spain's 20 Minutos, RCTV is also being helped along by Colombia's Caracol network, which is allowing them to broadcast via an international signal.

Yet another example of how the internet is empowering people to find alternate ways to express themselves. I wonder if Chavez will block YouTube in Venezuela now.

Via / 20 Minutos and RCTV's "El Observador" YouTube page

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