FCC Chair questions lack of Great American Media channels on YouTube TV
Brendan Carr. (Graphic by The Desk)
The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to the chief executives of Google and YouTube demanding to know why their pay TV provider, YouTube TV, does not carry a pair of family-friendly channels.
On Friday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said he “received complaints” that YouTube TV “is discriminating against faith-based programming,” and posted an image of a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan questioning why the streaming pay TV service did not carry channels from Great American Media.
The broadcaster’s main channel, Great American Family, originally started as Great American Country and exchanged hands multiple times before being acquired in 2021 by its present-day owner. For much of its existence, it offered secular programming that targeted a broad audience; over the past few years, Great American Media has revamped its schedule to include a mixture of secular,...
The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to the chief executives of Google and YouTube demanding to know why their pay TV provider, YouTube TV, does not carry a pair of family-friendly channels.
On Friday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said he “received complaints” that YouTube TV “is discriminating against faith-based programming,” and posted an image of a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan questioning why the streaming pay TV service did not carry channels from Great American Media.
The broadcaster’s main channel, Great American Family, originally started as Great American Country and exchanged hands multiple times before being acquired in 2021 by its present-day owner. For much of its existence, it offered secular programming that targeted a broad audience; over the past few years, Great American Media has revamped its schedule to include a mixture of secular,...
- 3/8/2025
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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